| 100% | NIMOY | 5 | Author of "I Am Not Spock" and "I Am Spock" |
| 86% | NIMOY | 5 | Author of “I Am Not Spock” (1975) and “I Am Spock” (1995) |
| 72% | NIMOY | 5 | I Am Not Spock author |
| 68% | BECKETT | 7 | Samuel —, author of stage plays Not I and Breath |
| 63% | NIMOY | 5 | “I Am Not Spock” author Leonard |
| 62% | MAYA | 4 | & 8A US author of 1990 poetry collection I Shall Not be Moved |
| 62% | NIMOY | 5 | Leonard ___, author of "I Am Spock" |
| 59% | HACKETT | 7 | John Winthrop —, soldier and author of 1977 memoir I Was a Stranger |
| 59% | HACKETT | 7 | Sir John Winthrop —, soldier and author of 1977 memoir I Was a Stranger |
| 56% | NIMOY | 5 | Leonard who wrote "I Am Spock" and "I Am Not Spock" |
| 55% | WINTERSON | 9 | Jeanette, author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit |
| 55% | IMUST | 5 | “Getting out of it is not possible for me” |
| 55% | NIMOY | 5 | Actor Leonard who wrote "I Am Spock" and "I Am Not Spock" |
| 55% | TOMSTOPPARD | 11 | Author of the absurdist play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": 2 wds. |
| 54% | VERNE | 5 | Author of the quote "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 53% | FRANK | 5 | American poet ___ O'Hara who authored "Why I Am Not A Painter" |
| 53% | BYOB | 4 | Invite equivalent of "Drinks are not on me!" |
| 53% | SEANPENN | 8 | Star of Mystic River and I Am Sam |
| 53% | FOOD | 4 | "I am not a glutton — I am an explorer of ___": Erma Bombeck |
| 52% | SELF | 4 | Will —, author of novels Shark, The Butt and Dorian |
| 52% | PAULSEN | 7 | "If elected I will not serve" candidate of 1968 |
| 52% | BYOB | 4 | Brief invite equivalent of "Drinks are not on me!" |
| 52% | IROBOT | 6 | Classic sci-fi collection whose title should not be construed as any sort of statement from me, the human author of this puzzle |
| 52% | JOHNGREEN | 9 | Author of the bestsellers "Paper Towns" and "Everything Is Tuberculosis": 2 wds. |
| 52% | MAXTED | 6 | Anna —, author of novels Being Committed and Getting Over It |
| 52% | PEARSE | 6 | Lesley —, author of the novels Remember Me and Father Unknown |
| 51% | SELF | 4 | Will —, author of novels The Butt and Dorian |
| 51% | ASA | 3 | "___ matter of fact, I am not okay with it": 2 wds. |