| 100% | BOULT | 5 | Adrian —, English conductor who authored autobiography My Own Trumpet |
| 89% | BOULT | 5 | Adrian —, English conductor who authored 1973 autobiography My Own Trumpet |
| 40% | BEECHAM | 7 | Thomas —, English conductor who wrote 1943 autobiography A Mingled Chime |
| 37% | KITDEWAAL | 9 | English author who wrote My Name Is Leon |
| 30% | ALI | 3 | "The Greatest: My Own Story" author |
| 29% | AUSTEN | 6 | English author who wrote Mansfield Park |
| 28% | SPENDER | 7 | Stephen —, poet who authored 1951 autobiography World Within World |
| 28% | ADELE | 5 | English singer who sang "Oh My God" |
| 28% | CHARLESI | 8 | English king who once owned 38-Across |
| 28% | JOHN | 4 | English poet who authored volumes The Rural Muse and The Village Minstrel |
| 28% | GRAVES | 6 | Robert —, poet who authored 1929 autobiography Goodbye to All That |
| 28% | OCONNOR | 7 | Des —, entertainer who authored 2001 autobiography Bananas Can't Fly! |
| 28% | PICOULT | 7 | Author Jodi, who wrote My Sister's Keeper |
| 27% | DESOCONNOR | 10 | Late entertainer who authored the 2001 autobiography Bananas Can't Fly! |
| 27% | FLOYD | 5 | Keith —, television chef who authored 2000 autobiography Out of the Frying Pan |
| 26% | JOHN | 4 | & 18D English poet who authored 1677 stage drama All for Love |
| 25% | HOBBES | 6 | Thomas —, English philosopher who authored 1651 book Leviathan |
| 25% | HOBBES | 6 | Thomas -, English philosopher who authored 1651 book Leviathan |
| 25% | DIMITRI | 7 | & 8A Russian-American composer and pianist who authored 1959 autobiography Please Don't Hate Me |
| 25% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of her own "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 25% | IAN | 3 | English author ___ McEwan who won the Man Booker Prize for his novel "Amsterdam" |
| 25% | AAMILNE | 7 | English author who wrote the children's classic "Winnie-the-Pooh" (3 wds.) |
| 25% | KELLYYANG | 9 | Chinese-American author who based 11-Across on her own experience |
| 25% | STEPHENKING | 11 | "The Shining" author who formerly taught high school English: 2 wds. |
| 24% | LENO | 4 | Former late-night host who wrote the autobiography "Leading With My Chin" |
| 24% | WILLIAM | 7 | __Blake, English poet who illustrated his own work |
| 24% | CARRIEFISHER | 12 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of her own "Postcards From the Edge": 2 wds. |
| 24% | RUDYARDKIPLING | 14 | English author who wrote the children's literature at 18- and 41-Across: 2 wds. |