| 100% | HAWKING | 7 | Author of "A Brief History of Time": Stephen __ |
| 100% | HAWKING | 7 | Stephen __, author of A Brief History of Time |
| 100% | HAWKING | 7 | Stephen, author of A Brief History of Time |
| 87% | HAWKING | 7 | "A Brief History of Time" author Stephen |
| 73% | STEPHENHAWKING | 14 | "A Brief History of Time" author doing sales? |
| 70% | HAWKING | 7 | Presidential Medal of Freedom winning British scientist Stephen ___ whose book "A Brief History of Time" was a record-breaking best-seller |
| 69% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 34-Across, "A Brief History of Time" author who is an atheist |
| 68% | HAWKING | 7 | "A Brief History of Time" author born on the 300th anniversary of 4D's death |
| 68% | HAWKING | 7 | Physicist responsible for A Brief History of Time |
| 68% | HAWKING | 7 | Professor who wrote A Brief History of Time |
| 65% | STEPHENHAWKING | 14 | British scientist who performed groundbreaking work in physics and cosmology and authored "A Brief History of Time": 2 wds. |
| 61% | STEPHENHAWKING | 14 | "A Brief History of Time" physicist (1/8/42-3/14/18) who declined a knighthood: 2 wds. |
| 59% | TIME | 4 | "A Brief History of ___," Stephen Hawking book |
| 57% | YUVALNOAHHARARI | 15 | Best-selling Israeli author of "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" |
| 53% | TIME | 4 | "A Brief History of ___" (Stephen Hawking bestseller) |
| 51% | ALANSILLITOE | 12 | Author of novels A Man of His Time and Birthday |
| 50% | ERA | 3 | A period of time in history |
| 50% | PERIOD | 6 | A portion of time in history, era |
| 48% | BEWICK | 6 | Thomas —, author of A History of British Birds who died in 1828 |
| 47% | UTTLEY | 6 | Alison —, author of 1939 novel A Traveller in Time |
| 47% | ASHE | 4 | Author of “A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete” |
| 47% | ASHE | 4 | Author of "A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete" |
| 46% | TOYNBEE | 7 | Arnold J —, author of 12-volume work A Study of History |
| 45% | SAPIENS | 7 | 2014 best seller subtitled "A Brief History of Humankind" |
| 45% | ARTHURASHE | 10 | “A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete” author |
| 45% | SAPIENS | 7 | Yuval Noah Harari bestseller subtitled "A Brief History of Humankind" |
| 44% | ASHE | 4 | "A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete" author Arthur |
| 44% | POWELL | 6 | Anthony —, author of twelve-volume novel series A Dance to the Music of Time |
| 43% | LEWYCKA | 7 | Marina —, author of the novels Two Caravans and A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian |
| 43% | MOMENT | 6 | Brief portion of time |