| 100% | ADLER | 5 | Alfred —, Austrian psychiatrist who authored The Neurotic Character and The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology |
| 83% | ADLER | 5 | Alfred —, Austrian psychiatrist; author of The Neurotic Character and The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology |
| 48% | ADLER | 5 | Alfred —, Austrian psychiatrist who authored The Neurotic Constitution |
| 43% | ADLER | 5 | Alfred ___, Austrian psychiatrist and founder of individual psychology |
| 35% | LOUISAMAYALCOTT | 15 | Author who created the characters named by the starts of 17-, 24-, 49- and 61-Across |
| 30% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Author/illustrator who created the title character of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MAHAN | 5 | Alfred Thayer —, US Navy officer who authored The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 |
| 29% | BENJONSON | 9 | Author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 29% | MARLOWE | 7 | Christopher —, poet and dramatist who authored stage plays The Jew of Malta and Edward II |
| 29% | OHANLON | 7 | Ardal —, Irish stand-up comedian and actor who authored novel The Talk of the Town |
| 29% | RICARDO | 7 | David —, British economist born in 1772 who authored The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation |
| 28% | PIERRE | 6 | War and Peace character who sees the Great Comet of 1812 |
| 28% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Author born 9/21/1947 who penned the starts of 17-, 24-, 38- and 52-Across |
| 28% | JOYJAMES | 8 | Author of “The Womb of Western Theory: Trauma, Time Theft, and the Captive Maternal” |
| 28% | JONSON | 6 | Ben —, author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 28% | BESTALL | 7 | Alfred —, author and illustrator, from 1935, of the Rupert Bear tales |
| 27% | ADAM | 4 | Bible character who says "She gave me of the tree, and I did eat" |
| 27% | OSLER | 5 | "The Principles and Practice of Medicine" author |
| 27% | HOWE | 4 | Julia Ward —, US abolitionist and poet who authored lyric The Battle Hymn of the Republic |
| 27% | OHANLON | 7 | Ardal —, stand-up comedian and actor who authored 1998 novel The Talk of the Town |
| 27% | TESS | 4 | Author Gerritsen who writes about the crime-solving duo of Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles |
| 27% | TENNYSON | 8 | Alfred —, author of poems The Lady of Shalott and Voices in the Mist |
| 27% | ERNEST | 6 | ___ Hemingway who authored "The Old Man and the Sea" |
| 27% | RUMI | 4 | Celebrated Persian poet who authored "Masnavi" and is considered to be one of the most widely read poets |
| 27% | ROARK | 5 | Ayn Rand's fictional character Howard ___ who was the author's vision of an ideal human |
| 27% | POE | 3 | Edgar Allan ___, author who created the character of C. Auguste Dupin, a precursor to Sherlock Holmes |
| 27% | PASCAL | 6 | Blaise —, 17th-century mathematician and philosopher who developed the theory of probability with Pierre de Fermat |
| 27% | HUCKLEBERRY | 11 | ___ Finn, a fictional character who first appeared in 51a and is a friend of the protagonist |
| 27% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 27% | TENNYSON | 8 | Alfred —, author of the poems The Lady of Shalott and Voices in the Mist |