| 100% | TOURNIER | 8 | Author of Friday, or, the Other Island: Michel __ |
| 45% | ECO | 3 | Author of "The Island of the Day Before" |
| 45% | ELIF | 4 | Author of The Island of Missing Trees, __ Shafak |
| 44% | SARAH | 5 | Author of novels Getting Even and The Other Half |
| 43% | ANDRE | 5 | Author of the novels An Act of Terror and Other Lives |
| 43% | ECO | 3 | The Island of the Day Before author |
| 42% | AMOSOZ | 6 | Israeli author of "Where the Jackals Howl, and Other Stories" |
| 42% | AMIS | 4 | Martin —, author of the novels Yellow Dog and Other People |
| 42% | POMOLOGY | 8 | The science of growing apples or other fruits |
| 42% | ECO | 3 | "The Island of the Day Before" author |
| 42% | TRYON | 5 | Author of "The Other" |
| 42% | KARENRUSSELL | 12 | Author of the short-story collection "Orange World and Other Stories": 2 wds. |
| 42% | TREECE | 6 | Henry —, author of novels Viking's Dawn and The Dark Island |
| 42% | UNSWORTH | 8 | Barry —, author of the novels Pascali's Island and Sacred Hunger |
| 41% | SHAW | 4 | George Bernard —, author of 1904 stage play John Bull's Other Island |
| 41% | ALDISS | 6 | Brian —, author of science fiction novels Super-State and Moreau's Other Island |
| 41% | ELTON | 5 | Ben —, comedian; author of novels This Other Eden and Blast from the Past |
| 41% | MAUI | 4 | Dwayne Johnson's role in "Moana," or the name of a Hawaiian island |
| 40% | ALLENDE | 7 | Isabel —, author of novels City of the Beasts and The Island Beneath the Sea |
| 40% | ADAIR | 5 | Gilbert —, author of novels The Holy Innocents and Love and Death on Long Island |
| 40% | NICHOLS | 7 | Peter —, author of 1969 stage play The National Health, or Nurse Norton's Affair |
| 40% | ANI | 3 | What Friday has, unlike any other day of the week? |
| 40% | FRANCHISE | 9 | The licensing of trademarks or business to others |
| 40% | RLS | 3 | Monogram of the "Treasure Island" author |
| 40% | ADAIR | 5 | Gilbert —, author of the novels The Holy Innocents and Love and Death on Long Island |
| 39% | ONE | 3 | __ or the other |
| 39% | GAS | 3 | One of the states of matter other than solid or liquid |
| 39% | LEECH | 5 | Worm that feeds on the blood or tissues of other animals |