| 100% | ENGELS | 6 | Author of "The Condition of the Working Class in England," 1845 |
| 78% | ENGELS | 6 | The Condition of the Working Class in England writer |
| 73% | ENGELS | 6 | Friedrich ___, German political scientist who wrote "The Condition of the Working Class in England" |
| 47% | WOLFE | 5 | Author of the 1968 work named in the circled letters (reading clockwise) |
| 44% | LENNON | 6 | John —, musician; author of 1965 volume A Spaniard in the Works |
| 42% | WEDNESDAY | 9 | The hump in the middle of the work week |
| 41% | SUSANHILL | 9 | Author of The Woman in Black |
| 41% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of the book whose title is circled in the grid |
| 41% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of the concise yet evocative story told in this puzzle |
| 41% | AGEE | 4 | Author of "A Death in the Family" |
| 41% | JOHNGREEN | 9 | Author of The Fault in Our Stars |
| 40% | LEFT | 4 | Side of the road that people drive on in England |
| 40% | WEISS | 5 | Peter —, author of the stage works The Investigation and Marat/Sade |
| 40% | JOHNGAY | 7 | Author of 1728 stage work The Beggar's Opera |
| 40% | LUKE | 4 | Author of the third Gospel in the New Testament |
| 40% | MATTHEW | 7 | Author of the first Gospel in the New Testament |
| 40% | JKROWLING | 9 | Author of the best-selling book series in history |
| 40% | SCOTTTUROW | 10 | Author of novels set in the fictional Kindle County |
| 40% | MLK | 3 | Author of the "Letter From Birmingham Jail," in brief |
| 39% | POE | 3 | Author of the first detective story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" |
| 39% | AESOP | 5 | "Fabled" author of "The Ass in the Lion's Skin" |
| 39% | ALCOTT | 6 | One of the authors in the game Authors |
| 39% | WODEHOUSE | 9 | Comic author of The Inimitable Jeeves in 1923 |
| 39% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Author of 1957 children's book The Cat in the Hat |
| 39% | OPERATIC | 8 | In the style of a work by Bizet, such as Carmen |
| 38% | DIABETES | 8 | Chronic condition of too much sugar in the blood |
| 38% | JAMESAGEE | 9 | Pulitzer-winning author of A Death in the Family |