| 100% | ANDY | 4 | "The Martian" and "Project Hail Mary" novelist Weir |
| 46% | ANDY | 4 | "The Martian" novelist Weir |
| 42% | MATTDAMON | 9 | Star of The Martian and Good Will Hunting |
| 39% | RAO | 3 | The Serpent and the Rope novelist |
| 38% | NEDS | 4 | "Homer and ___ Hail Mary Pass" ("The Simpsons" episode) |
| 38% | GREENE | 6 | "The Power and the Glory" novelist |
| 38% | READE | 5 | "The Cloister and the Hearth" novelist |
| 38% | GANN | 4 | “The High and the Mighty” novelist |
| 37% | FALCON | 6 | The Maltese __ with Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor |
| 37% | MUZZLE | 6 | The projecting jaws and nose of an animal |
| 37% | GREENE | 6 | "The Power and the Glory" novelist, 1940 |
| 37% | READE | 5 | “The Cloister and the Hearth” novelist Charles |
| 37% | READE | 5 | "The Cloister and the Hearth" novelist Charles |
| 37% | NEDS | 4 | "Homer and ___ Hail Mary Pass" (2005 episode of "The Simpsons") |
| 37% | ERNEST | 6 | "The Old Man and the Sea" novelist Hemingway |
| 37% | ETS | 3 | "Project Hail Mary" creatures, in brief |
| 36% | DAHL | 4 | "James and the Giant Peach" novelist Roald |
| 36% | DAHL | 4 | "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" novelist Roald |
| 36% | CORNELIAFUNKE | 13 | Novelist of 18-Across and the "Inkheart" trilogy (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SEE | 3 | Novelist Lisa who wrote "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" |
| 36% | OLSENS | 6 | Actors Mary-Kate, Ashley and Elizabeth aka The __ |
| 36% | SEE | 3 | "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" novelist Lisa |
| 36% | RICK | 4 | "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series novelist Riordan |
| 36% | LISA | 4 | "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" novelist ___ See |
| 36% | DAHL | 4 | "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" novelist Roald |
| 36% | LISA | 4 | "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" novelist See |
| 36% | RAO | 3 | Raja ___, "The Serpent and the Rope" novelist |
| 36% | RAJA | 4 | ___ Rao, "The Serpent and the Rope" novelist |
| 35% | ROALD | 5 | Novelist Dahl who wrote "Matilda" and "James and the Giant Peach" |
| 35% | ABYSS | 5 | The —, 1989 action film starring Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio |