| 100% | ROGET | 5 | 19th-century author whose works are still read word for word |
| 39% | ANON | 4 | Author whose name is never mentioned, for short |
| 39% | ALCOTT | 6 | Author whose work will soon be adapted into a Gerwig film |
| 39% | ROGETS | 6 | Book that needs to be read word for word? |
| 39% | PANGOLIN | 8 | Animal whose name is the Malay word for roller |
| 39% | TSETSE | 6 | Fly whose name is the Tswana word for “fly” |
| 38% | PLANO | 5 | Texas city whose name is the Spanish word for "flat" |
| 38% | BOER | 4 | Dutch word for farmer that was applied to European settlers of South Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries |
| 38% | NOH | 3 | Form of classical dance drama whose name comes from the word for "skill", that's been continuously performed in Japan since the 14th century |
| 38% | AMOR | 4 | Ricky Martin song whose title is the Spanish word for "love" |
| 38% | PENTE | 5 | Go-like game whose name is the Greek word for "five" |
| 37% | CPA | 3 | One whose work is taxing, for short? |
| 37% | SONATA | 6 | Hyundai model whose name is also a word for a classical music composition |
| 36% | JULES | 5 | With 141-Down, author whose work is the basis of this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | SEUSS | 5 | Popular author most of whose work is written in anapestic tetrameter |
| 35% | PLUTARCH | 8 | Writer whose work was Shakespeare's primary source for "Julius Caesar" |
| 35% | RUBY | 4 | Gemstone whose name is derived from the Latin word for "red" |
| 35% | CSLEWIS | 7 | *Deceased writer whose work was the basis for a hit 2005 film |
| 35% | CARP | 4 | Fish whose name is another word for "complain" |
| 35% | GEORGE | 6 | ___ Eliot, pen name of 19th century author Mary Ann Evans known for "Middlemarch" |
| 35% | LEGO | 4 | Toy brand whose name is derived from the Danish words for "play well" |
| 34% | KATE | 4 | ___ Chopin, 19th century American author known for "The Awakening" |
| 34% | LAMER | 5 | Debussy work whose title is French for "The Sea" |
| 34% | NOME | 4 | City whose name is pronounced like the natives' word for "Where is ...?" |
| 34% | JANE | 4 | ___ Austen, 19th century English author known for "Sense and Sensibility" |
| 34% | INHOUSE | 7 | Like counsel whose client is the company they work for |
| 34% | FELLINI | 7 | Film director from whose work the word "paparazzi" is derived |
| 34% | CREST | 5 | Toothpaste brand whose name is a word for a mountaintop |
| 33% | ROTUND | 6 | Word for “plump” that, when its third letter is removed, still means “plump” |
| 33% | ALCOTT | 6 | 19th-century author whose father founded a utopian community |