| 100% | CROWLEY | 7 | Aleister —, British occultist and poet who died in 1947 |
| 47% | VOYSEY | 6 | Charles —, British architect and designer who died in 1941 |
| 44% | SAMUELPEPYS | 11 | British diarist and naval administrator who died in 1703 |
| 42% | SHEARING | 8 | George —, British jazz pianist and composer who died in 2011 |
| 42% | EZRA | 4 | & 7A US poet who died in Venice, Italy in 1972 |
| 41% | ENNIUS | 6 | Quintus —, Roman epic poet and dramatist who died in 169 BC |
| 40% | AMYWINEHOUSE | 12 | British singer who won five Grammys in 2008, including Best New Artist, and died of alcohol poisoning in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BUGATTI | 7 | Ettore —, Italy-born car manufacturer who died in France in 1947 |
| 39% | GEORGEVI | 8 | British king who died in February 1952 |
| 38% | PEPYS | 5 | Samuel —, British diarist and naval administrator who died in 1703 |
| 38% | ARCHIMEDES | 10 | Greek mathematician and physicist who died in 212 BC |
| 37% | MORRISON | 8 | Doors singer who died young and is buried in Paris |
| 37% | BLUNT | 5 | Anthony —, British art historian and Soviet spy who died in 1983 |
| 36% | ACTON | 5 | Harold —, Italy-born poet and art collector who died in 1994 |
| 36% | ACTON | 5 | Harold —, Italian-born poet and art collector who died in 1994 |
| 35% | OMEARA | 6 | Mark who won the Masters and British Open in 1998 |
| 34% | OGDEN | 5 | Poet Nash, who wrote the lines in 17-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 34% | COLUMBUS | 8 | Christopher —, navigator and explorer who died in Valladolid, Spain, in 1506 |
| 34% | COLUMBUS | 8 | Christopher -, navigator and explorer who died in Valladolid, Spain, in 1506 |
| 34% | COLUMBUS | 8 | Christopher —, navigator and explorer who died in Valladolid, Spain in 1506 |
| 34% | ELS | 3 | Golfer Ernie who won the British Open in 2002 and 2012 |
| 34% | OMEARA | 6 | Mark who won the Masters and the British Open in 1998 |
| 34% | DORSEY | 6 | Tommy —, US trombonist and bandleader who died in 1956 |
| 34% | REGER | 5 | Max —, German composer and organist who died in 1916 |
| 34% | GRIMALDI | 8 | Joseph —, English actor and clown who died in 1837 |
| 34% | GRAINGER | 8 | Percy —, Australian pianist and composer who died in 1961 |
| 34% | BREAM | 5 | Julian —, English guitarist and lutenist who died in 2020 |
| 34% | TOSCANINI | 9 | Arturo —, Italian conductor and cellist who died in 1957 |
| 34% | BORGE | 5 | Victor —, Danish pianist and comedian who died in 2000 |