| 100% | COOPER | 6 | "The Last of the Mohicans" author |
| 86% | UNCAS | 5 | The Last of the Mohicans |
| 83% | UNCAS | 5 | The last of the Mohicans, in Cooper's novel |
| 81% | CORA | 4 | "The Last of the Mohicans" girl |
| 81% | CORA | 4 | "The Last of the Mohicans" daughter |
| 81% | MUNRO | 5 | "The Last of the Mohicans" colonel |
| 81% | CORA | 4 | "The Last of the Mohicans" woman |
| 81% | CANOES | 6 | "The Last of the Mohicans" craft |
| 81% | UNCAS | 5 | "The Last of the Mohicans" character |
| 81% | UNCAS | 5 | Last of the Mohicans |
| 81% | ESS | 3 | Last of the Mohicans? |
| 80% | STOWE | 5 | "The Last of the Mohicans" actress Madeleine |
| 80% | WES | 3 | "The Last of the Mohicans" actor Studi |
| 78% | UNCAS | 5 | Last of the Mohicans in "The Last of the Mohicans" |
| 77% | UNCAS | 5 | Title character in the J F Cooper novel The Last of the Mohicans |
| 77% | UNCAS | 5 | Title character in 1826 J F Cooper novel The Last of the Mohicans |
| 76% | MANN | 4 | Michael, director of Last of the Mohicans |
| 75% | MAY | 3 | Jodhi —, actress who played Alice Munro in 1992 action film The Last of the Mohicans |
| 72% | STOWE | 5 | Actress Madeleine of "The Last of the Mohicans" |
| 69% | BUMPPO | 6 | ''Last of the Mohicans'' guy |
| 69% | WANT | 4 | "I___ Candy," a cover version by the '80s band Bow Wow Wow from their album "The Last of the Mohicans" |
| 68% | JUDITHKRANTZ | 12 | Late author of the novels Princess Daisy and Scruples |
| 68% | SARAPARETSKY | 12 | Author of "Brush Back," the latest of 17 novels featuring 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 66% | ALLINGHAM | 9 | Margery —, author of detective novels Mystery Mile and The Case of the Late Pig |
| 66% | ECO | 3 | Umberto —, late author of novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum |
| 65% | SEUSS | 5 | Late author of the 2015 kids' book "What Pet Should I Get?" |
| 65% | FODEN | 5 | Giles —, author of 1998 novel The Last King of Scotland |
| 65% | BOWEN | 5 | Elizabeth —, author of novels The Last September and Eva Trout |
| 65% | NOYES | 5 | Alfred —, English poet; author of 1940 novel The Last Man |
| 65% | HOBAN | 5 | Russell —, late author of the novels Riddley Walker and Kleinzeit |