| 100% | WOLFGANGPUCK | 12 | "Live, Love, Eat!" cookbook writer whose signature restaurants hold two Michelin stars (2 wds.) |
| 64% | JOSEANDRES | 10 | World Central Kitchen founder whose signature restaurant holds two Michelin stars (2 wds.) |
| 52% | GORDONRAMSAY | 12 | "Hell's Kitchen" host whose signature restaurants hold seven Michelin stars (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ALAINDUCASSE | 12 | Monegasque chef whose restaurants hold 21 Michelin stars: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JOELROBUCHON | 12 | French chef whose restaurants held 31 Michelin stars, the highest ever: 2 wds. |
| 27% | JOHNSANDFORD | 12 | Writer whose mystery series features crime investigator Virgil Flowers: 2 wds. |
| 27% | JANETEVANOVICH | 14 | Writer whose mystery series features bounty hunter Stephanie Plum: 2 wds. |
| 27% | WALTERMOSLEY | 12 | Writer whose mystery series features Los Angeles detective Easy Rawlins: 2 wds. |
| 26% | ALASDAIRGRAY | 12 | "Lanark" writer whose novel "Poor Things" was adapted as a film starring Emma Stone, 17-Across, and 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 25% | CALEBCARR | 9 | Writer whose novels "The Alienist" and "The Angel of Darkness" were adapted as a TV series starring 16-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 25% | ELMORELEONARD | 13 | Crime writer whose 1990 novel is the inspiration for 13-Down: 2 wds. |
| 25% | JULIACHILD | 10 | Chef, cookbook writer, and TV personality whose original kitchen is on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (2 wds.) |
| 25% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Australian writer whose novels "Big Little Lies" and "Nine Perfect Strangers" were adapted by 18-Across as miniseries starring 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 25% | SAMINNOSRAT | 11 | Chef and cookbook writer whose four elements of cooking are the first words of the answers to 16-Across, 18-Across, 42-Across, and 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 25% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Horror writer whose stories are the basis for the Hulu series "Castle Rock": 2 wds. |
| 25% | AMORTOWLES | 10 | "The Lincoln Highway" writer whose novel "A Gentleman in Moscow" was adapted as a Paramount+ series starring 14-Across and 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 24% | ROBERTJORDAN | 12 | Fantasy writer whose epic 34-Across series includes 2,782 named characters in 14 novels (2 wds.) |
| 24% | ANDYWARHOL | 10 | American artist and pop art icon whose signature piece is a grid of silkscreened self-portraits: 2 wds. |
| 23% | REBAMCENTIRE | 12 | Country superstar whose 18-Across album is a companion to her book subtitled "Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots" (2 wds.) |
| 23% | TESSGERRITSEN | 13 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Rizzoli & Isles" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 23% | MARTINESPADA | 12 | Writer whose collection "Floaters" won the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry (2 wds.) |
| 23% | TESSGERRITSEN | 13 | Writer whose novels inspired the "Rizzoli & Isles" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 23% | MISSYHIGGINS | 12 | Australian singer (birthday today) whose signature song is "Scar": 2 wds. |
| 23% | PADMALAKSHMI | 12 | "Easy Exotic" cookbook writer who hosts "Top Chef" (2 wds.) |
| 23% | GORDON | 6 | With 32a, name of the British chef whose restaurants have held 16 Michelin stars |
| 23% | CHRISTINAPERRI | 14 | American singer (birthday today) whose signature song is "A Thousand Years": 2 wds. |
| 23% | DIANAGABALDON | 13 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Outlander" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 23% | KATHYREICHS | 11 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Bones" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 23% | DIANAGABALDON | 13 | Writer whose novels inspired the "Outlander" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 23% | KATHYREICHS | 11 | Writer whose novels inspired the "Bones" TV series (2 wds.) |