| 100% | CARNEGIE | 8 | Author of 17-, 37- and 61-Across |
| 81% | SELFHELP | 8 | Category of 17-, 37- and 61-Across |
| 72% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of 17 and 63 Across |
| 72% | HAND | 4 | Word that may precede the first parts of 17-, 37- and 61-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 62% | KATEMORTON | 10 | Australian author of 17- and 26-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | SEUSS | 5 | Author of the books quoted at 17-, 29-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 57% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | British author of "1984" and 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Empire Falls" and 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 57% | CURRENCIES | 10 | What the ends of 17-, 21-, 37-, 39- and 55-Across are |
| 55% | MARYBETHKEANE | 13 | Best-selling author of four novels, including 17-Across and 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 54% | DRAW | 4 | Something you can do to the starts of 17-, 21-, 37-, 53- and 60-Across |
| 54% | MARYSHELLEY | 11 | Author of 17-Across |
| 54% | MUCKRAKERS | 10 | What 17, 21, 37, and 55 Across are all examples of |
| 54% | NOUN | 4 | A type of one ends 17-, 37- and 62-Across |
| 52% | THINGSDRAWN | 11 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 52-Across are |
| 52% | THEYTHEM | 8 | Nonbinary pronoun pair, or, when parsed differently, the initial letters of 17-, 30-, 37-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 52% | CHORALGROUP | 11 | What the ends of 17-, 31-, 37- and 48-Across are, collectively |
| 52% | DANCE | 5 | Hint to the start of 17-, 31-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 51% | LOUISAMAYALCOTT | 15 | Author who created the characters named by the starts of 17-, 24-, 49- and 61-Across |
| 50% | KENNEDY | 7 | Author of 53/61 Across |
| 50% | STEPHEN | 7 | & 24A Author of stage plays Shout Across the River and Strawberry Fields |
| 50% | BLOODTYPE | 9 | Classification suggested by the beginning of 17-, 25-, 37- and 53-Across |
| 49% | MORNINGPERSON | 13 | Early riser ... or what each of 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Across is? |
| 49% | MARKETS | 7 | What the last words of 17- and 61-Across and 10- and 25-Down are kinds of |
| 49% | ASIA | 4 | Continent of 17-Across and 45-Across |
| 49% | PHASESOFTHEMOON | 15 | Starts of 17-, 27- and 49-Across |
| 49% | LOSINGFACE | 10 | Result of 17-, 30- and 47-Across? |
| 49% | DRUNKENCOOK | 11 | Preparer of 17-, 27- and 47-Across? |
| 49% | AESCHYLUS | 9 | Writer of 17-, 19- and 34-Across |