| 100% | ALDA | 4 | Alan who wrote the book "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?" |
| 75% | ALDA | 4 | Actor Alan who wrote "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?" |
| 74% | ALAN | 4 | Actor Alda who wrote the best-seller "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?" |
| 71% | ALDA | 4 | "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?" memoirist Alan |
| 71% | ALDA | 4 | Actor Alan whose third memoir is "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?" |
| 43% | SAHL | 4 | Satirist who said "If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job" |
| 43% | SAHL | 4 | Political satirist who said "If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job" |
| 36% | FORMALREQUESTS | 14 | "Would you pin on my corsage?" and "May I have this dance?"? |
| 36% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Novelist who wrote "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" and the other three frequently banned books in this puzzle (2 wds.) |
| 35% | COLINKAEPERNICK | 15 | He said, “To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way” |
| 35% | OPRAH | 5 | ___ Winfrey, American media personality who has written the book "What I Know For Sure" |
| 33% | YEATS | 5 | Poet who wrote "I have spread my dreams under your feet / Tread softly because you tread on my dreams" |
| 33% | HATCHWATCH | 10 | "I have this duty on my farm / To look as chickens keep eggs warm" |
| 32% | THURBER | 7 | Cartoonist who wrote the caption "Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?" |
| 31% | ALDA | 4 | Actor Alan who wrote the memoir "Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself" |
| 31% | STEPHENCOLBERT | 14 | American late night show host who wrote the book "I Am America (And So Can You!)": 2 wds. |
| 31% | DEATHGLARE | 10 | Look that conveys the sentiment “I wish I could set you on fire with my mind” |
| 31% | OPRAH | 5 | Winfrey who said "I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes" |
| 30% | SETH | 4 | Comedian Meyers who wrote the children's book "I'm Not Scared, You're Scared" |
| 30% | EMME | 4 | Supermodel who wrote the kids book "What Are You Hungry For?" |
| 30% | JOHN | 4 | With 19-Down, mustachioed libertarian pundit who wrote the book “Give Me a Break” |
| 30% | JUNE | 4 | Jordan who wrote, "I will not walk politely on the pavements anymore" |
| 30% | WHITEWATER | 10 | You'll probably be looking at a lot of this if you attempt the Tunnel Rapids on the Colorado |
| 30% | DANZA | 5 | Actor Tony who wrote the memoir "I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High" |
| 30% | MEL | 3 | Brooks who wrote, “If I cut my finger, that’s tragedy. Comedy is if you walk into an open sewer and die” |
| 29% | ALDA | 4 | Actor Alan who wrote the 2007 memoir "Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself" |
| 29% | PIKE | 4 | American author Christopher ___ who wrote the "Remember Me" book series |
| 29% | ENTER | 5 | Key that, if you press it right now, will focus the cursor on the next entry in this puzzle |
| 29% | RONBURGUNDY | 11 | "Anchorman" character who's credited with writing the 2013 book "Let Me Off at the Top! My Classy Life and Other Musings": 2 wds. |
| 29% | CHATGPT | 7 | It wrote this clue: "Virtual assistant with the gift of gab (4, 3). Let me know if you'd like any tweaks!" |