| 100% | PETERBENCHLEY | 13 | Author of "Jaws" who cameoed as a reporter in the 1975 film adaptation: 2 wds. |
| 68% | FANNIEFLAGG | 11 | Author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" who cameoed as a teacher in the 1991 film adaptation: 2 wds. |
| 58% | JOHNLECARRE | 11 | Author of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" who cameoed as a party guest in the 2011 film adaptation: 3 wds. |
| 48% | STEPHENCHBOSKY | 14 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of his own "The Perks of Being a Wallflower": 2 wds. |
| 48% | SARASHEPARD | 11 | "Pretty Little Liars" writer who had two cameos as a news reporter on the TV adaptation of her series (2 wds.) |
| 47% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | "The Handmaid's Tale" writer who had a cameo as an Aunt in the Hulu adaptation of her novel (2 wds.) |
| 44% | KATHYREICHS | 11 | "Bones" writer who had a cameo as a forensic anthropology professor on the TV adaptation of her series (2 wds.) |
| 43% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of her own "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 43% | WILLSMITH | 9 | Actor who starred as a fictionalized version of himself in the hit TV series "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air": 2 wds. |
| 42% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ZOESALDANA | 10 | "Avatar" actress who played a pirate in the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" film: 2 wds. |
| 41% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | "Black Mass" actor who plays a pirate in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HARDTIMES | 9 | 1975 film starring Charles Bronson as a bare-knuckle boxer during the Depression: 2 wds. |
| 41% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | "Gladiator" actor who plays Javert in the 2012 film adaptation of 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | KEITHRICHARDS | 13 | Rolling Stones guitarist who played a pirate in the third and fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" films: 2 wds. |
| 41% | CARRIEFISHER | 12 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of her own "Postcards From the Edge": 2 wds. |
| 41% | SNOOPDOGG | 9 | "Gin and Juice" rapper who cameoed in "Half Baked" as a scavenger smoker: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SOPHIEKINSELLA | 14 | Author of the "Shopaholic" novels who also wrote stand-alone novels as Madeleine Wickham: 2 wds. |
| 40% | PINBALLWIZARD | 13 | Song performed by Elton John in the film adaptation of 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | KURTVONNEGUT | 12 | "Slaughterhouse-Five" writer who had a cameo as himself in the 1986 film "Back to School" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | HAROLDPINTER | 12 | British author of "The Birthday Party" who won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MARKRUFFALO | 11 | "Spotlight" actor who plays an unscrupulous lawyer in the 2023 film adaptation of 27-Across's "Poor Things" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | KAZUOISHIGURO | 13 | British author of "Never Let Me Go" who won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature : 2 wds. |
| 39% | ERNIEHUDSON | 11 | Costar of 1984's "Ghostbusters" who had a cameo in the 2016 version: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" writer who had a cameo as Aunt June in the 1993 film "Poetic Justice" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | KANYEWEST | 9 | "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" artist who cameoed in the movie "The Love Guru" as himself: 2 wds. |
| 39% | KUMAILNANJIANI | 14 | "Silicon Valley" actor who starred as a semifictional version of himself in 2017's "The Big Sick": 2 wds. |
| 39% | KEITHRICHARDS | 13 | Guitarist of "The Rolling Stones" who cameoed in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" as Captain Edward Teague: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ERICHKASTNER | 12 | Author of "Lottie and Lisa" which inspired 29a and a Walt Disney movie of the same name in 1961: 2 wds. |
| 38% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | "Christopher Robin" actor who plays Dan Torrance in the 2019 film adaptation of 37-Across (2 wds.) |