| 100% | STEAD | 5 | ''The Man Who Loved Children'' author |
| 65% | SALMANRUSHDIE | 13 | Author who won the Man Booker Prize in 1981 for "Midnight's Children": 2 wds. |
| 59% | LEE | 3 | Author Child who wrote the Jack Reacher series |
| 58% | EAT | 3 | "People who love to ___ are always the best people": Julia Child |
| 58% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who authored "God Help the Child" |
| 57% | BAUM | 4 | Children’s-book author who created the fictional robot Tik-Tok |
| 57% | PETERS | 6 | Author Torrey who wrote “Detransition, Baby,” in which a trans woman and a cis woman consider raising a child together with the person they've both loved (January, 2021) |
| 56% | ERNEST | 6 | ___ Hemingway who authored "The Old Man and the Sea" |
| 56% | SALMANRUSHDIE | 13 | Author who won the Booker Prize for "Midnight's Children": 2 wds. |
| 55% | PDJAMES | 7 | "The Children of Men" author |
| 55% | HER | 3 | 2013 movie about a man who falls in love with the voice on his smartphone |
| 55% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Children's author who wrote the novel "Ramona and Her Mother" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | FELLTO | 6 | The Man Who ___ Earth |
| 55% | SHEL | 4 | ___ Silverstein, the famed children's author who wrote "The Giving Tree" |
| 55% | RLSTINE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's series "Goosebumps" (3 wds.) |
| 54% | APHRODITE | 9 | Goddess of love who had five children with the god of war |
| 53% | EVEREST | 7 | The Man Who Skied Down __, documentary |
| 53% | AAMILNE | 7 | English author who wrote the children's classic "Winnie-the-Pooh" (3 wds.) |
| 53% | EBWHITE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's classic "Charlotte's Web" (3 wds.) |
| 52% | JIMHENSON | 9 | The man who created the Muppets characters |
| 52% | CSLEWIS | 7 | British author who wrote the children's series "The Chronicles of Narnia" (3 wds.) |
| 52% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | "Alias Grace" author who also wrote children's books, including "Up in the Tree" |
| 52% | EINSTEIN | 8 | The man who discovered the theory of relativity |
| 51% | ERNEST | 6 | ___ Hemingway, author who referenced Joe DiMaggio in his novel "The Old Man and the Sea" |
| 51% | RUDYARDKIPLING | 14 | English author who wrote the children's literature at 18- and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | WONDER | 6 | Stevie, the man who sings Superstition |
| 51% | BENJAMINSPOCK | 13 | "Baby and Child Care" author who competed in rowing at the 1924 Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 51% | DAD | 3 | Man who has children |
| 51% | MIRANDAJULY | 11 | Author and filmmaker who wrote “The First Bad Man” |
| 51% | LOISLOWRY | 9 | Children's author born March 20, 1937, who wrote the Newbery Medal-winning novel "The Giver" (2 wds.) |