| 100% | SIX | 3 | "Daisy Jones & the ___" (2019 novel) |
| 65% | OUTCAST | 7 | The —, 2008 novel by Sadie Jones |
| 64% | TREES | 5 | Subjects of the 2019 Pulitzer-winning novel "The Overstory" |
| 63% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Writer of 17-Across, 36-Across, and the 2019 novel "Chances Are ... " (2 wds.) |
| 60% | THEWATERDANCER | 14 | 2019 surrealist novel set in the antebellum South: 3 wds. |
| 59% | BRYANWASHINGTON | 15 | Author of the 2019 short-story collection “Lot” and the 2020 novel “Memorial” |
| 58% | JUDITHKRANTZ | 12 | Late author of the novels Princess Daisy and Scruples |
| 58% | SAM | 3 | "Daisy Jones & the Six" actor ___ Claflin |
| 57% | REESE | 5 | "Daisy Jones & the Six" executive producer Witherspoon |
| 56% | FIELDING | 8 | Helen —, author of 2013 novel Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy |
| 56% | EDGEOF | 6 | & 10A The —, subtitle of 1999 novel Bridget Jones by Helen Fielding |
| 55% | MAD | 3 | "___ About the Boy" (third novel in Helen Fielding's "Bridget Jones" series) |
| 54% | THOUSAND | 8 | "A ___ Ships," 2019 novel by Natalie Haynes that is a modern retelling of the Trojan War mythology |
| 54% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | 2019 Colson Whitehead novel, about the Dozier School, that won the Pulitzer Prize: 3 wds. |
| 53% | ASINGLETHREAD | 13 | 2019 novel by 34-Across about the women who embroidered the kneelers for Winchester Cathedral in the 1930s (3 wds.) |
| 53% | SIX | 3 | "Daisy Jones & the ___" (Amazon Prime miniseries about a rock band) |
| 53% | THEWATERDANCER | 14 | 2019 bestselling fantasy novel by 45-Across set in the pre-Civil War South (3 wds.) |
| 53% | SOPHIA | 6 | & 16D Heroine of 1749 Henry Fielding novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling |
| 52% | SIX | 3 | "Daisy Jones & the ___" (miniseries about a rock band) |
| 52% | RED | 3 | "The Thin ___ Line," 1998 movie based on James Jones' novel about the WWII battle of Guadalcanal |
| 50% | BLIFIL | 6 | Nephew of Squire Allworthy in 1749 Henry Fielding novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling |
| 50% | RICHARDPOWERS | 13 | American novelist whose novel "The Overstory" won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 50% | LAURALIPPMAN | 12 | Author of the 2019 novel "Lady in the Lake," which was adapted into an Apple TV+ miniseries starring 19-Across and 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | AGATHA | 6 | Award that Ann Cleeves won for her 2019 novel "The Long Call" |
| 48% | DAISY | 5 | "___ Jones & the Six" |
| 48% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | 15-Across and 33-Across writer who won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction for her novel "Trust Exercise" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | THENEWGIRL | 10 | 2019 Daniel Silva novel featuring spy Gabriel Allon investigating the disappearance of the daughter of a Saudi prince (3 wds.) |
| 48% | ASKAGAINYES | 11 | Bestselling novel by 30-Across selected as the "The Tonight Show" Summer Reads choice for 2019 (3 wds.) |
| 48% | WENDY | 5 | & 7A The —, 2003 novel by Imogen Edwards-Jones |