| 100% | OPART | 5 | Work that gives the illusion of movement |
| 83% | OPART | 5 | Images that give the illusion of movement |
| 66% | WETLOOK | 7 | Style that gives the illusion of dampness |
| 66% | WETLOOK | 7 | Hair style that gives the illusion of dampness |
| 52% | ZOETROPE | 8 | Spinning device giving the illusion of motion |
| 49% | EROICA | 6 | Work that marked the start of musical Romanticism |
| 46% | ILIAD | 5 | Work that begins "Sing, goddess, the wrath of Peleus' son ..." |
| 45% | LITTLEOMEN | 10 | Book that gives a brief glimpse of the future? |
| 45% | REFORMATION | 11 | Movement that saw the rise of Calvinism |
| 45% | CLERKSTALE | 10 | Chaucer work that invokes the book of Job, with "The" |
| 45% | PINKFLOYD | 9 | Band that gave us The Dark Side of the Moon |
| 44% | TREACHERYOFIMAGES | 17 | 1929 work that is the theme of this puzzle, with "The" |
| 44% | WARANDPEACE | 11 | Tolstoy work that inspired "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812" |
| 44% | ABS | 3 | Part of the body that crunches work |
| 43% | CLASSIC | 7 | Work that has stood the test of time, like "Jane Eyre" or "Moby-Dick" |
| 43% | AENEID | 6 | Work that starts "I sing of arms and the man" |
| 43% | NFL | 3 | Gp. that gives out the Walter Payton Man of the Year award (Abbr.) |
| 42% | FANFICTION | 10 | Written work that might be published on the Web site Archive of Our Own |
| 42% | ILIAD | 5 | Epic work that begins "Sing, goddess, of the anger of Achilles" |
| 42% | CHIMPANZEES | 11 | Animals that are the focus of 39-Across's work |
| 42% | TIP | 3 | Part of the table that may give you a scratch? |
| 42% | CLUES | 5 | Parts of a crossword that the constructor works on last |
| 42% | INNOCENCE | 9 | ___ Project (nonprofit that works on behalf of the wrongly convicted) |
| 41% | TIDAL | 5 | Form of hydropower that is generated from the movement of waves |
| 41% | NAIR | 4 | Church & Dwight brand since 2001 that gives you the option of using natural clay leg masks |
| 41% | BATEAU | 6 | "Le ___," Matisse work that hung upside down at the Museum of Modern Art for 47 days |
| 41% | TECHDEBT | 8 | The cost of implementing an easy solution that requires more work later, in programming |
| 41% | CLUE | 4 | Something that gives a hint of the answer (just like this one) |
| 41% | OVAL | 4 | Shape of the office that Joe Biden would like to work in |
| 40% | ZOETROPE | 8 | Device that spins to create the illusion of motion |