| 100% | FIONADAVIS | 10 | American writer who has published seven historical novels set in famous New York City buildings, including 17-Across, 29-Across, and 2023's "The Spectacular," set in Radio City Music Hall (2 wds.) |
| 36% | THEADDRESS | 10 | Novel by 39-Across set in New York City's apartment building The Dakota (2 wds.) |
| 32% | MIRIAMTOEWS | 11 | Canadian writer who has published nine novels, including "All My Puny Sorrows" and 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | HARLANHOWARD | 12 | Songwriter in the Nashville Songwriters, Country Music, and Songwriters Halls of Fame who wrote the songs on 40-Across's 2023 album (2 wds.) |
| 29% | THEDOLLHOUSE | 12 | Novel by 39-Across set in New York City's Barbizon Hotel (2 wds.) |
| 29% | JUSTINBIEBER | 12 | 26-time "Billboard" Music Award winner who had five Top 10 hits in 2020, including 17-Across and 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 29% | PATRICKEWING | 12 | Former New York Knick in the Basketball Hall of Fame who was on the 1992 Olympic "Dream Team" and the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (2 wds.) |
| 29% | CYNTHIANIXON | 12 | "Sex and the City" actress who unsuccessfully ran for New York governor in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 28% | HILARYMANTEL | 12 | English writer who has won two Man Booker Prizes for her novels "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up The Bodies": 2 wds. |
| 28% | THEGILDEDAGE | 12 | HBO historical drama created by 32-Across set in New York City in the 1880s (3 wds.) |
| 28% | ALICEHOFFMAN | 12 | American novelist who has written 29 novels, including "The Dovekeepers," 14-Across, and 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | "The Handmaid's Tale" writer who had a cameo as an Aunt in the Hulu adaptation of her novel (2 wds.) |
| 27% | KIRKDOUGLAS | 11 | Hollywood's famous centenarian who has acted in movies like "Ace in the Hole" and "Spartacus": 2 wds. |
| 27% | HARLEMSHUFFLE | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 27% | HARLEMSHUFFLE | 13 | 2021 Colson Whitehead novel set in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 27% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author who wrote the novels from which 17-Across and 29-/31-Across were adapted: 2 wds. |
| 26% | BROOKLYN | 8 | 2009 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to New York in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 26% | MARTINBRODEUR | 13 | Former New Jersey Devils' goaltender who has the highest number of wins with 691 wins and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 26% | RAYBRADBURY | 11 | "S Is for Space" short-story writer who was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1999 (2 wds.) |
| 26% | MORGANWALLEN | 12 | 15-Across, 38-Across, and "7 Summers" singer who won the iHeartRadio Music Awards Best New Country Artist in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 25% | BILLIEEILISH | 12 | "Bad Guy," 17-Across, and 42-Across singer who won Best New Artist at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards (2 wds.) |
| 25% | THEJEFFERSONS | 13 | Sitcom set in New York city that was a spin-off of "All in the Family" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | ZACKBRITTON | 11 | New York Yankees pitcher who gave up the walk-off home run in the 30-Across game ( 2 wds.) |
| 25% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame novelist who wrote 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 25% | THOMASRHETT | 11 | 17-Across and 28-Across singer who was the 2019 Academy of Country Music's Male Artist of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 25% | JUSTINPUGH | 10 | New York Giants offensive lineman who was shifted into the position from offensive tackle and excelled in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 25% | STATUEOF | 8 | The ___ Liberty (famous New York City landmark): 2 wds. |
| 25% | JASONREYNOLDS | 13 | Author who has written "Ghost," "Patina," and other novels for kids in the middle school years: 2 wds. |
| 25% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Writer of 17-Across, 36-Across, and the 2019 novel "Chances Are ... " (2 wds.) |
| 25% | ANDRAECROUCH | 12 | "Soon and Very Soon" singer who was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1998: 2 wds. |