| 100% | PALLADIUMJAMES | 14 | "The Children of Men" author, to a chemist? |
| 61% | PDJAMES | 7 | "The Children of Men" author |
| 58% | JACOBS | 6 | A. J. ___, author of the best seller "The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World" |
| 57% | MERCURYWELLS | 12 | "The Island of Dr. Moreau" author, to a chemist? |
| 55% | DEARSIRS | 8 | The start of a formal letter to a group of men |
| 55% | DAVEPELZER | 10 | Author of memoirs A Child Called It and The Lost Boy |
| 54% | HARPER | 6 | First name of the author of To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 54% | MURDOCH | 7 | Iris —, author of novels The Bell and A Word Child |
| 54% | VERNE | 5 | Author of the quote "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 53% | ASHE | 4 | Author of “A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete” |
| 53% | ASHE | 4 | Author of "A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete" |
| 53% | WAINWRIGHT | 10 | Alfred —, author of book series A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells |
| 52% | JAMES | 5 | P D —, author of the novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder |
| 52% | THORIUMWHITE | 12 | "The Sword in the Stone" author, to a chemist? |
| 52% | GOD | 3 | "To a ___ Unknown," novel by American author John Steinbeck about the relationship of a man to his land |
| 51% | VANESSANAKATE | 13 | Author of “A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis” |
| 51% | GOLDSMITH | 9 | Oliver —, author of stage plays She Stoops to Conquer and The Good-Natur'd Man |
| 50% | CESIUMFORESTER | 14 | "The African Queen" author, to a chemist? |
| 50% | ANNE | 4 | "The Diary of a Young Girl" author who posthumously won the first World's Children's Prize |
| 50% | RIIS | 4 | "The Children of the Poor" author |
| 50% | MACDIARMID | 10 | Hugh —, author of 1926 poem A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle, born Christopher Murray Grieve |
| 50% | LEGENDS | 7 | "Pokemon ___: Arceus" 2022 adventure game that follows a child sent to the distant past of Pokemon |
| 50% | FELIXSALTEN | 11 | Author of 1923 children's book Bambi, a Life in the Woods |
| 50% | JOYCE | 5 | "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" author |
| 50% | OLDMACDONALD | 12 | Subject of a children's song associated with the vowels in the answer to each starred clue |
| 50% | NIXON | 5 | Two-time Time Man of the Year (and a hint to 17-, 27-, 41- and 54-Across) |
| 49% | BOOGIEMAN | 9 | The ___, nickname of the heavyweight boxer, Jesse Ferguson that may remind you of a mythical creature used to frighten children |
| 49% | RLSTINE | 7 | Author referred to as "Stephen King of children's literature" who wrote the first book of the Goosebumps series in 1992 |
| 49% | CORMACMCCARTHY | 14 | Author of the 2005 novel "No Country for Old Men," which was made into a Best Picture-winning movie: 2 wds. |
| 48% | GUESTLIST | 9 | The names of everyone invited to a party |