| 100% | ATUL | 4 | ___ Gawande, surgeon with the #1 New York Times best seller "Being Mortal" |
| 56% | STIEGLARSSON | 12 | Author of the 2005 New York Times best seller "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo": 2 wds. |
| 49% | SUSANNAKAYSEN | 13 | Author of the 1993 New York Times best seller "Girl, Interrupted": 2 wds. |
| 49% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author of the 2012 New York Times best seller "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 47% | TAN | 3 | Amy who wrote the New York Times best seller The Backyard Bird Chronicles |
| 46% | APPEALTOAUTHORITY | 17 | Besides, The New York Times said it was good! |
| 44% | JIMI | 4 | 2010 New York Times best seller subtitled "Sounds Like a Rainbow" |
| 40% | THELOSTWORLD | 12 | Michael Crichton novel that spent eight weeks at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list in 1995 (3 wds.) |
| 40% | OPEDS | 5 | The New York Times is now calling them "guest essays" |
| 40% | BASTILLE | 8 | Band with the album "Bad Blood" that was a first-time Grammy nominee for Best New Artist |
| 40% | AARON | 5 | With 30-Across, New York Yankees slugger who was Time's Athlete of the Year in 2022 |
| 40% | DAILY | 5 | New York Times podcast, with "The" |
| 39% | FRIEDMAN | 8 | Thomas with the 2005 best seller "The World Is Flat" |
| 39% | ATUL | 4 | ___ Gawande, author of the 2014 best seller "Being Mortal" |
| 38% | TOMGLAVINE | 10 | A pitcher who made his name with the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets is a 10-time All-Star: 2 wds |
| 37% | EST | 3 | Clock setting in New York that is key to the Times Square Ball Drop: Abbr. |
| 37% | JAMESMICHENER | 13 | Novelist whose "The Covenant" spent nine weeks on the 1980 New York Times Fiction Best Seller list (2 wds.) |
| 37% | JUDITHKRANTZ | 12 | Novelist whose "Princess Daisy" spent five weeks on the 1980 New York Times Fiction Best Seller list (2 wds.) |
| 36% | JOHNGRISHAM | 11 | Writer whose novel "The Brethren" topped "The New York Times" Fiction Best Seller List for nine weeks in 2000 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | NAS | 3 | Rapper with the 2012 #1 album "Life Is Good" |
| 35% | MANOWAR | 7 | Whom The New York Times co-named athlete of the year, with Babe Ruth, in 1920 |
| 35% | ROBERTLUDLUM | 12 | Novelist whose "The Bourne Identity" spent 16 weeks on the 1980 New York Times Fiction Best Seller list (2 wds.) |
| 35% | YANKEES | 7 | New York ___, MLB team and member of the AL East division that is the team with the most World Series titles |
| 35% | ARTS | 4 | New York Times section that has the crossword |
| 35% | LORDOFTHERINGS | 14 | Best seller, with The |
| 35% | JUSTIN | 6 | With 33-Across, pop idol who was the Best New Artist at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards |
| 34% | NYT | 3 | The New York Times: Abbr. |
| 34% | PAPER | 5 | The New York Times, e.g. |
| 34% | NEWSPAPER | 9 | The New York Times, for example |
| 34% | DAILY | 5 | The New York Times, e.g. |