| 100% | IAN | 3 | Author ___ Fleming who created the fictional spy James Bond |
| 64% | IAN | 3 | Author Fleming who created James Bond |
| 53% | IAN | 3 | Fleming who created James Bond |
| 52% | IAN | 3 | ___ Fleming who created James Bond |
| 51% | IAN | 3 | Novelist Fleming who created James Bond |
| 50% | IAN | 3 | Fleming, who created James Bond |
| 49% | IAN | 3 | Author Fleming behind the James Bond series |
| 49% | IAN | 3 | Fleming who wrote the Bond spy novels |
| 48% | IAN | 3 | English author ___ Fleming whose protagonist James Bond became the most well known spy character |
| 47% | IAN | 3 | Fleming, who wrote the James Bond books |
| 46% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author who created James and the Giant Peach |
| 45% | IAN | 3 | Author Fleming who created Auric Goldfinger |
| 44% | IANFLEMING | 10 | Creator of fictional spy James Bond |
| 44% | IAN | 3 | Fleming who created Bond |
| 42% | BAUM | 4 | Children’s-book author who created the fictional robot Tik-Tok |
| 42% | ANNE | 4 | Author Rice who created the vampire Lestat |
| 42% | PENNY | 5 | Novelist Louise who created the fictional police inspector Armand Gamache |
| 42% | REX | 3 | Author Stout who created the detective Nero Wolfe |
| 41% | IAN | 3 | James Bond author Fleming |
| 41% | SARA | 4 | Author Paretsky who created the detective V.I. Warshawski |
| 41% | AYN | 3 | Author Rand who created the philosophical system called Objectivism |
| 40% | IAN | 3 | Fleming who wrote James Bond novels |
| 40% | DICKENS | 7 | Author who created the Artful Dodger |
| 40% | BARR | 4 | American writer of mystery novels, Nevada ___ who created the fictional detective, Anna Pigeon |
| 40% | AGATHACHRISTIE | 14 | British novelist who created the fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple (2 wds.) |
| 39% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Author/illustrator who created the title character of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | FLEMING | 7 | Author Ian who created the villains at 15-, 20-, and 37-Across |
| 39% | VONNEGUT | 8 | Author who created the fatalistic optometrist Billy Pilgrim |
| 39% | CUSSLER | 7 | Author Clive, who created the Dirk Pitt series |