| 100% | EGON | 4 | & 7A Hungary-born travel guide writer and gastronome who died in 2010 |
| 84% | EGONRONAY | 9 | Hungary-born travel-guide writer and gastronome who died in 2010 |
| 83% | EGON | 4 | & 16A Hungary-born travel-guide writer and gastronome who died in 2010 |
| 83% | EGON | 4 | & 7A Hungarian-born travel-guide writer and gastronome who died in 2010 |
| 35% | HANRAHAN | 8 | Brian —, BBC diplomatic correspondent who died in 2010 |
| 34% | DEMOSTHENES | 11 | Athenian orator and prose writer who died in 322 BC |
| 31% | PETERPORTER | 11 | Australia-born poet, author of volumes Max is Missing and Afterburner, who died in 2010 |
| 31% | TYNAN | 5 | Kenneth —, English theatre critic and writer who died in 1980 |
| 31% | JAMESGILLRAY | 12 | London-born satirical caricaturist and illustrator who died in 1815 |
| 31% | PLTRAVERS | 9 | Writer born August 9, 1899, who created 33-Across and who was portrayed in 46-Across (3 wds.) |
| 30% | SETH | 4 | ___ Rogen, "Superbad" co-writer who is Canadian-American and was born in Vancouver |
| 30% | ARCHIMEDES | 10 | Greek mathematician and physicist who died in 212 BC |
| 30% | MORRISON | 8 | Doors singer who died young and is buried in Paris |
| 30% | KENNY | 5 | & 21A Radio and television entertainer born Maurice Cole who died in 1995 |
| 29% | NELLIEBLY | 9 | Writer, who traveled around the world in 72 days |
| 29% | TOURTEL | 7 | Mary, writer and artist who created Rupert Bear |
| 29% | BREL | 4 | Jacques —, Belgium-born songwriter and performer who died in 1978 |
| 28% | ADAR | 4 | Month in which Moses reputedly was born and died |
| 28% | FARGAS | 6 | Antonio, who was Huggy Bear in Starsky and Hutch |
| 28% | GRADE | 5 | Lew —, impresario and media tycoon born Louis Winogradsky who died in 1998 |
| 28% | EVERETT | 7 | Kenny —, radio and television entertainer born Maurice Cole who died in 1995 |
| 28% | EZRA | 4 | & 7A US poet who died in Venice, Italy in 1972 |
| 28% | FODOR | 5 | Travel guide writer Eugene |
| 28% | DEVALOIS | 8 | Ninette —, Ireland-born ballet dancer and choreographer who died in 2002 |
| 28% | LAST | 4 | James —, prolific Bremen-born composer and bandleader who died in 2015 |
| 28% | VANDERBILT | 10 | Cornelius —, New York-born businessman and philanthropist who died in 1877 |
| 28% | EVANS | 5 | Gil —, Toronto-born jazz pianist and composer who died in 1988 |