| 100% | JEANE | 5 | ___ Dixon, self-styled seer who wrote an astrology book for dogs |
| 36% | WINTERDANCE | 11 | Non-fiction book written by Gary Paulsen which is an inspiration for the Disney movie, "Snow Dogs" |
| 34% | MALTIN | 6 | Critic Leonard who wrote an eponymous annual movie guide for forty-five years |
| 33% | PADMA | 5 | Lakshmi who wrote the children's book "Tomatoes for Neela" |
| 32% | TWYLA | 5 | Choreographer Tharp who wrote the 2019 self-help book "Keep It Moving" |
| 32% | FEY | 3 | Comedian Tina who wrote the book for the Broadway musical "Mean Girls" |
| 32% | MARGINS | 7 | Edges of an exercise book for writing comments in |
| 31% | SUZEORMAN | 9 | Financial guru who wrote The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke |
| 31% | SUE | 3 | Author Grafton who wrote books from "A Is for Alibi" to "Y Is for Yesterday" |
| 31% | BREEDING | 8 | Book for dog lovers |
| 31% | EMME | 4 | Supermodel who wrote the kids book "What Are You Hungry For?" |
| 31% | PEELE | 5 | Jordan who won an Oscar for writing "Get Out" |
| 30% | ELGAR | 5 | Edward —, composer who wrote Salut d’Amour as an engagement present for his fiancee in 1888 |
| 30% | ENT | 3 | One who might write an Rx for drops |
| 30% | ALI | 3 | Mahershala who won an Oscar for last year's "Green Book" |
| 29% | TODD | 4 | "BoJack Horseman" character who writes the rock opera "Newtopia Rising, Book I: The Search for a New Utopia" |
| 29% | OPRAH | 5 | ___ Winfrey, American media personality who has written the book "What I Know For Sure" |
| 29% | ANN | 3 | Landers who wrote an advice column |
| 29% | THELORAX | 8 | Dr. Seuss book about an eco-conscious creature who "speaks for the trees": 2 wds. |
| 29% | SASHA | 5 | One of the daughters for whom the 2010 book "Of Thee I Sing" was written |
| 29% | STEVEMARTIN | 11 | "The Pink Panther" actor who wrote the kids' book "Late for School": 2 wds. |
| 28% | ALGORE | 6 | Former politician who wrote An Inconvenient Truth |
| 28% | HITE | 4 | Shere who wrote an infamous '76 report |
| 28% | SIDNEYSHELDON | 13 | American author who wrote "If Tomorrow Comes", and won an Academy Award for "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer": 2 wds. |
| 28% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 28% | GIG | 3 | Booking for an 11-Down team |
| 28% | ERIC | 4 | Mayor Adams who wrote the plant-based-life-style book “Healthy at Last” |
| 28% | AUTHOR | 6 | Person who writes books |
| 27% | SOIDISANT | 9 | French for self-styled, person who is so-called |
| 27% | KORAN | 5 | Holy book for an imam |