| 100% | FRANKMCCOURT | 12 | Author of 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 91% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Author of "The Shining" and 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 85% | LARRYMCMURTRY | 13 | Author of 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 85% | KEANUREEVES | 11 | Star of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 83% | RICHARDPOWERS | 13 | Author of 18-Across, 40-Across, and the National Book Award-winning "The 9-Down Maker" (2 wds.) |
| 82% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Children's author of 18-Across and 30-Across who turned 102 on April 12 (2 wds.) |
| 82% | FRANCESGUMM | 11 | Birth name of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 80% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Author/illustrator who created the title character of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 77% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Children's author of 18-Across and 30-Across who has a public school named for her in Portland, Oregon (2 wds.) |
| 77% | DONDELILLO | 10 | Author of "Libra" and "Mao II" who wrote 18-, 26-, and 35-Across: 2 wds. |
| 75% | GORE | 4 | Author of 18/24 Across |
| 75% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 75% | ROUNDTABLE | 10 | Meeting place of 18-Across and his knights: 2 wds. |
| 75% | BORISPASTERNAK | 14 | Nobel Prize-winning author of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 75% | JENNYHAN | 8 | Author of 14-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 74% | DEREKSHEPHERD | 13 | Patrick Dempsey character who died in last Thursday's episode of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 74% | NELLIEOLESON | 12 | Blonde frenemy of 18-Across, played by Alison Arngrim: 2 wds. |
| 74% | KRYSTENRITTER | 13 | "Jessica Jones" actress who plays Lucy in the "Echoes" spin-off of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 73% | ZADIESMITH | 10 | Author of "White Teeth": 2 wds. |
| 73% | DONDELILLO | 10 | Author of "White Noise": 2 wds. |
| 73% | JAMESDASHNER | 12 | Author of 32- and 46-Across: 2 wds. |
| 72% | FREDRIKBACKMAN | 14 | Swedish author of 19-Across and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 72% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator, writer, and producer of 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 72% | KEELEYHAWES | 11 | "The Missing" actress who plays Dr. Kira Manning in the "Echoes" spin-off of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 71% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Author of "The Lorax": 2 wds., abbr. |
| 70% | IANMCEWAN | 9 | British author of the novel upon which 17-Across is based: 2 wds. |
| 70% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator, head writer, and executive producer of 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 70% | DANBROWN | 8 | Author of the novel "Inferno": 2 wds. |
| 70% | JANEAUSTEN | 10 | Author of "Pride and Prejudice": 2 wds. |
| 70% | TOMWOLFE | 8 | Author of the 1979 book about space flight that 34-Across is based on: 2 wds. |