| 100% | JENNYLHOWE | 10 | Author of 14-Across and 42-Across (3 wds.) |
| 66% | GOSETA | 6 | Authored by 42-Across, "___ Watchman" is one of her two published novels: 3 wds. |
| 64% | LARRYMCMURTRY | 13 | Author of 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 63% | DENNISLEHANE | 12 | Boston native and author of "Mystic River," 14-Across, and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 63% | EBWHITE | 7 | Author of "Stuart Little" and "Charlotte's Web": 3 wds. |
| 60% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Author of "The Shining" and 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 60% | JENNYHAN | 8 | Author of 14-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 60% | FREDRIKBACKMAN | 14 | Swedish author of 19-Across and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 59% | RAINONME | 8 | 2020 #1 hit by 14-Across and 29-Across: 3 wds. |
| 59% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator and head writer of 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 59% | MIKEJUDGE | 9 | Cocreator of 14-, 23-, and 40-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | MARYBETHKEANE | 13 | Best-selling author of four novels, including 17-Across and 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 58% | CSLEWIS | 7 | Initialed author of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe": 3 wds. |
| 58% | ARTHURCCLARKE | 13 | Author of "The Sentinel," the short story on which 42-Across is based (3 wds.) |
| 57% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Best-selling author of 25-, 36-, and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | British author of "1984" and 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | FAMILYGUY | 9 | Animated TV series featuring the voices of Seth MacFarlane and 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 56% | JAMESDASHNER | 12 | Author of 32- and 46-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | DONTLETGO | 9 | Supernatural thriller film starring 14-Across, 19-Across, 42-Across, and Byron Mann (3 wds.) |
| 56% | IHAVENOTHING | 12 | Oscar-nominated Whitney Houston song from the soundtrack of 14-Across: 3 wds. |
| 56% | KATEMORTON | 10 | Australian author of 17- and 26-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | OCTAVIAEBUTLER | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "Parable of the Sower" and its sequel, "Parable of the Talents": 3 wds. |
| 55% | ELDOCTOROW | 10 | "Ragtime" author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2013: 3 wds. |
| 55% | IMEVERYWOMAN | 12 | 1978 Chaka Khan song Whitney Houston covered for the soundtrack of 14-Across: 3 wds. |
| 54% | MARIAVONTRAPP | 13 | 14-Across's role in "The Sound of Music": 3 wds. |
| 54% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | Author of "The Sandman" graphic novels and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 54% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | Director of "Okja" and "Snowpiercer" who directed 47-Across: 3 wds. |
| 54% | SARAHJMAAS | 10 | Best-selling author of the "Court of Thorns and Roses" and "Throne of Glass" "romantasy" series: 3 wds. |
| 54% | BRIGHTLIGHTS | 12 | HBO documentary about the mother-daughter relationship of 32- and 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 54% | SARAHJMAAS | 10 | Bestselling author of 18-Across, 31-Across, and the "Crescent City" and "A Court of Thorns and Roses" series (3 wds.) |