| 100% | ECO | 3 | "The Name of the Rose" writer |
| 100% | UMBERTOECO | 10 | "The Name of the Rose" writer |
| 96% | UMBERTO | 7 | With 39-Across, "The Name of the Rose" writer |
| 87% | AXL | 3 | The name of the Rose? |
| 81% | ECO | 3 | "The Name of the Rose" author |
| 81% | ABBOT | 5 | "The Name of the Rose" figure |
| 81% | ABBEY | 5 | "The Name of the Rose" setting |
| 81% | ECO | 3 | ''The Name of the Rose'' penner |
| 81% | ECO | 3 | ''The Name of the Rose'' author |
| 81% | ECO | 3 | "The Name of the Rose" novelist |
| 81% | UMBERTO | 7 | Italian Eco, who wrote The Name of the Rose |
| 81% | ECO | 3 | "The Name of the Rose" author Umberto |
| 81% | ECO | 3 | "The Name of the Rose" novelist Umberto |
| 79% | ECO | 3 | Umberto ___ ("The Name of the Rose" author) |
| 79% | ECO | 3 | Umberto ___, "The Name of the Rose" author |
| 79% | ECO | 3 | Umberto who wrote "The Name of the Rose" |
| 77% | ECO | 3 | Umberto —, author of novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum |
| 77% | MONK | 4 | Figure in Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" |
| 77% | ABBEY | 5 | Setting for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" |
| 75% | EDGAR | 5 | First name of the popular writer, Allan Poe |
| 75% | ECO | 3 | Umberto who wrote "The Name of the Rose" and "Foucault's Pendulum" |
| 73% | UMBERTOECO | 10 | Author of "The Name of the Rose" |
| 72% | ECO | 3 | Umberto ___, author of "The Name of the Rose" |
| 72% | ECO | 3 | Author Umberto of "The Name of the Rose" |
| 72% | UMBERTO | 7 | ___ Eco (Author of "The Name of the Rose") |
| 68% | ERNEST | 6 | Name on the cover of ''The Sun Also Rises'' |
| 68% | TENNESSEE | 9 | First name of the writer of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| 66% | POE | 3 | The Mystery Writers of America have an award named after him |
| 66% | POE | 3 | The Mystery Writers of America's awards are named for him |
| 65% | POE | 3 | Baltimore Ravens' mascot named for the writer of "The Raven" |