| 100% | LAHTI | 5 | Actress Christine who wrote "True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness: A Feminist Coming of Age" |
| 31% | MIEKO | 5 | Author Kawakami who wrote “Heaven,” a story of teen-age bullying (trans. May, 2021) |
| 31% | HOLLANDTAYLOR | 13 | "Two and a Half Men" actress who came out of the closet in 2015 at age 72: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ABOUTGRACE | 10 | 28-Across's debut novel, which tells the story of a man who dreams events that later come true (2 wds.) |
| 30% | INVENTINGANNA | 13 | Shonda Rhimes miniseries starring 18-Across and 42-Across based on the true story of a con artist who pretended to be an heiress (2 wds.) |
| 30% | OVID | 4 | Who wrote "Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace" |
| 29% | OXONIAN | 7 | A person who comes from the city of Oxford |
| 28% | DARIN | 5 | Strauss who wrote the 2020 novel "The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story" |
| 28% | OCONNOR | 7 | Retired justice who wrote "Out of Order: Stories From the History of the Supreme Court" |
| 28% | NOAH | 4 | Comedian Trevor who wrote the memoir "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" |
| 27% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | Actress who plays an activist aiding a pregnant woman in a dystopian retelling of the nativity story in "Children of Men" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | STOWE | 5 | Who wrote in an 1852 novel “Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good” |
| 27% | IRENEDUNNE | 10 | Golden Age of Hollywood actress who later became an alternate U.N. delegate |
| 27% | SHERMANALEXIE | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 2007's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian": 2 wds. |
| 26% | ANNE | 4 | Moody who wrote "Coming of Age in Mississippi" |
| 26% | SISSYSPACEK | 11 | "Carrie" actress who narrates an audiobook of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird": 2 wds. |
| 25% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Composer who wrote, about crosswords, "A good clue can give you all the pleasures of being duped that a mystery story can" |
| 25% | LALA | 4 | "___ Land," 2016 musical starring Emma Stone which is the story of a jazz musician and an aspiring actress |
| 25% | SEAL | 4 | "Kiss from a Rose" singer who came in fourth place in the second season of "The Masked Singer" |
| 25% | HOMECOMING | 10 | 2023 novel by 37-Across that tells the story of a journalist who uncovers secrets from the past |
| 25% | JODIEFOSTER | 11 | Actress who won a Golden Globe and an Oscar for both "The Accused" and "The Silence of the Lambs" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | OFMARCOPOLO | 11 | "The Travels ___," travelogue of an Italian explorer penned from stories he recollected in a prison in Genoa: 3 wds. |
| 25% | JAMESMBARRIE | 12 | Baronet who wrote of a pirate |
| 25% | LENA | 4 | Actress Dunham who wrote "Not That Kind of Girl" |
| 25% | GEENA | 5 | Actress Davis who wrote the memoir "Dying of Politeness" |
| 25% | EDITH | 5 | Wharton who wrote The Age of Innocence |
| 24% | MILLER | 6 | Arthur who wrote "Death of a Salesman" |
| 24% | GOGOL | 5 | Nikolai who wrote "Diary of a Madman" |
| 24% | LAHTI | 5 | Actress Christine who has a recurring role as Doris McGarrett on "Hawaii Five-0" |
| 24% | LAHTI | 5 | Actress Christine who had a recurring role as Doris McGarrett on "Hawaii Five-0" |