| 100% | AUDRE | 5 | "Zami: A New Spelling of My Name" author Lorde |
| 62% | ZAMI | 4 | "Biomythography" by 31-Across subtitled "A New Spelling of My Name" |
| 39% | OLDE | 4 | Quaint spelling of "not new" used in antique-shop names |
| 39% | OLDE | 4 | Quaint spelling of "not new" used in antique shop names |
| 38% | NEE | 3 | Follower of a new name |
| 38% | MAKUTUED | 8 | A type of New Zealand spell that's been cast |
| 38% | AGATHA | 6 | First name of a crime and mystery author |
| 37% | NED | 3 | Name that is the name of a room when spelled backwards |
| 37% | STATEN | 6 | Part of a New York borough name |
| 37% | HARPER | 6 | First name of the author of To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 37% | SOLOMON | 7 | First name of the author of “Twelve Years a Slave” |
| 37% | ELIE | 4 | First name of the author of A Journey Into Faith |
| 37% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a New York canal, lake, county, and people |
| 36% | LEE | 3 | Author Nelle ___ of "Go Set a Watchman" who wrote under the pen name Harper |
| 35% | ANNADELVEY | 10 | Assumed name of a con artist who infiltrated wealthy New York society |
| 35% | SALADATEA | 9 | Drink brand whose first five letters spell the name of a food |
| 35% | ASTORIA | 7 | Half of a deluxe New York hotel name (and a neighborhood of Queens) |
| 35% | IONA | 4 | Isle of Mull neighbor (also the name of a college in New Rochelle) |
| 35% | ACTS | 4 | First book of the New Testament that isn't named for a person |
| 34% | ROMANCE | 7 | My Chemical ___, "Helena" band whose name is inspired by a collection of novellas by Irvine Welsh |
| 34% | ALCOTT | 6 | Author of "Jo's Boys" Louisa May ___ who wrote under the pen name A.M. Barnard |
| 34% | NORI | 4 | Food whose name spelled backwards is the name of a nutrient that it contains |
| 34% | KLAPKA | 6 | Middle name of Jerome K Jerome, author of novel Three Men in a Boat |
| 34% | BURN | 4 | Gordon —, author of novels Alma Cogan and Born Yesterday: The News as a Novel |
| 34% | BMT | 3 | An Italian ___, a kind of Subway sandwich named after New York's subway: Abbr |
| 34% | RICHARDWRIGHT | 13 | Pink Floyd keyboardist who shares a name with the author of "Native Son" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | BOOK | 4 | "The Story of a New Name" or "We Need New Names" |
| 33% | CHANEL | 6 | "Know My Name" author Miller |
| 33% | HADES | 5 | God who says "Nobody gets out of my domain, whether alive or dead" in a video game of the same name |
| 33% | RETITLED | 8 | Gave a new name |