| 100% | NAOMI | 5 | Author Klein who wrote last year's "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal" |
| 33% | ROWLING | 7 | Best-selling author who was a runner-up for Time's 2007 Person of the Year |
| 33% | CARTLAND | 8 | English author Barbara, who wrote "The Wicked Marquis", and is referenced in the Guinness World Records for most novels published in a year |
| 31% | TODD | 4 | "BoJack Horseman" character who writes the rock opera "Newtopia Rising, Book I: The Search for a New Utopia" |
| 31% | NARC | 4 | One who's always on the lookout for a deal |
| 31% | RODERICKTHORP | 13 | Author who wrote "Nothing Lasts Forever," the novel on which movie in 17a was based: 2 wds. |
| 31% | VED | 3 | Indian author ___ Mehta, a staff writer for The New Yorker for more than 30 years |
| 31% | KEITHHERNANDEZ | 14 | First baseman for the 1986 New York Mets who later appeared on "Seinfeld": 2 wds. |
| 30% | AOC | 3 | Green New Deal legislator from the Bronx, for short |
| 30% | JASONREYNOLDS | 13 | Author who has written "Ghost," "Patina," and other novels for kids in the middle school years: 2 wds. |
| 30% | WHITE | 5 | *He created a famous pig, and wrote for The New Yorker for more than fifty years |
| 30% | SPADER | 6 | James who won an Emmy two years in a row for the same role on different shows |
| 30% | ISHIGURO | 8 | Author Kazuo who wrote “Klara and the Sun,” set in a dystopian future in which children are genetically engineered for academic excellence (March, 2021) |
| 30% | KELLYCLARKSON | 13 | "Miss Independent" singer who has been a coach on "The Voice" for the last five seasons (2 wds.) |
| 30% | CORDEN | 6 | Television's James ___, who hosted a "Late Late Show" on CBS for eight years |
| 30% | LEY | 3 | Writer Willy who wrote "The Conquest of Space" ('49) and for whom a crater is named on the far side of the moon |
| 29% | NORA | 4 | Author Roberts who wrote the new novel "Under Currents" |
| 29% | ALS | 3 | Hilton who writes for The New Yorker |
| 29% | ALICIAKEYS | 10 | "Girl on Fire" singer who was a coach for three seasons on "The Voice" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | TANEHISICOATES | 14 | Author and journalist who wrote “The Case for Reparations” (2014) |
| 29% | JELANI | 6 | Historian Cobb who writes for The New Yorker |
| 29% | NENE | 4 | Leakes who's a panelist on the new "To Tell the Truth" revival |
| 28% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Green, "Paper Towns" author who makes a voice cameo in the book's film adaptation |
| 28% | DANA | 4 | Actor Delany, who co-wrote a crossword for The New York Times in 2011 |
| 28% | HOYLE | 5 | Edmond who wrote a treatise on the game of whist |
| 28% | AMY | 3 | Author Tan who scolds Lisa for misinterpreting “The Joy Luck Club” in a cameo on “The Simpsons” |
| 27% | ANNALEE | 7 | Late actress who was on "General Hospital" for 25 years |
| 27% | MAGEE | 5 | Patrick —, Northern Irish actor for whom Samuel Beckett wrote the one-act play Krapp’s Last Tape |
| 27% | CHALK | 5 | I am a teacher's best friend. I help them write on the blackboard. Who am I? |
| 27% | STEPHENCRANE | 12 | Author who covered the Spanish-American War for New York newspapers |