| 100% | HAROLD | 6 | ___ Pinter, playwright whose play inspired the "Seinfeld" episode "The Betrayal" |
| 45% | IBSEN | 5 | Playwright whose work inspired the Peer Gynt Sculpture Park in 56-Down |
| 38% | JENNIFERWORTH | 13 | Former nurse whose memoirs inspired 32-Across and the character played by Jessica Raine (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ERNESTO | 7 | Miranda whose case inspired the Miranda warning |
| 34% | PIET | 4 | Mondrian whose paintings inspired the design of the Partridge Family’s bus |
| 33% | PAULGAUGUIN | 11 | Artist whose life inspired The Moon and Sixpence |
| 33% | ESCHER | 6 | Artist M.C. whose work inspired the art of the game Monument Valley |
| 33% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet T.S. whose work inspired the musical "Cats" |
| 33% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet T.S. ___, whose work inspired the musical "Cats" |
| 33% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet T. S. whose work inspired the musical Cats |
| 33% | ELIOT | 5 | Writer T.S. whose poems inspired the musical "Cats" |
| 33% | ALBEE | 5 | "The Play About the Baby" playwright |
| 32% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop group whose music inspired the musical "Mamma Mia!" |
| 32% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop group whose music inspired the "Mamma Mia!" films |
| 32% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet T.S. ___, whose work inspired the musical 5-Across |
| 32% | DIANAGABALDON | 13 | Writer whose novels inspired the "Outlander" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 32% | KATHYREICHS | 11 | Writer whose novels inspired the "Bones" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 32% | TRU | 3 | Play whose star won the 1990 Best Actor Tony |
| 31% | MARC | 4 | Chagall whose work inspired the original production of Fiddler on the Roof |
| 31% | HUANG | 5 | Chef Eddie whose memoir inspired the ABC sitcom "Fresh off the Boat" |
| 31% | POE | 3 | Author whose work inspired the 1969 gothic-horror film The Oblong Box |
| 31% | DONQUIXOTE | 10 | Classic character whose exploits inspired the phrase in this puzzle's circles |
| 31% | YEATS | 5 | Poet whose work inspired the title of Achebe's Things Fall Apart |
| 31% | TESSGERRITSEN | 13 | Writer whose novels inspired the "Rizzoli & Isles" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 31% | STRINDBERG | 10 | August —, Swedish playwright whose works include The Ghost Sonata and Miss Julie |
| 31% | GIRAUDOUX | 9 | Jean —, French writer whose plays include The Madwoman of Chaillot and Ondine |
| 31% | BIRTHDAY | 8 | Play by Harold Pinter The __ Party |
| 31% | OTTER | 5 | Playful river animal whose fur inspired the invention of an air-trapping wetsuit |
| 31% | FLETCHER | 8 | John —, Jacobean dramatist whose plays include The Island Princess and The Faithful Shepherdess |
| 30% | OAT | 3 | Grain whose scientific name inspired the brand name Aveeno |