| 100% | SIRJAMESMBARRIE | 15 | Author of the quote beginning at 26-Across |
| 61% | SEUSS | 5 | Author of the books quoted at 17-, 29-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 54% | MARYSHELLEY | 11 | Author who began writing 28-Across at the age of 18: 2 wds. |
| 53% | LEOCHERNE | 9 | Author of the quote |
| 53% | CHARLESDICKENS | 14 | Author of the quote |
| 53% | JOE | 3 | With 43-Across, author of the quote |
| 53% | MARGARET | 8 | With 53-Across, author of the quote |
| 51% | EPIGRAPH | 8 | An inscription or quote at the beginning of a book |
| 51% | GWENDOLYNBROOKS | 15 | Pulitzer-winning author of the quote |
| 50% | ANON | 4 | Author of the quip at 20-, 37-, 51-, 66-, 20-, 37-, and 51-Across |
| 49% | ALEXANDERPOPE | 13 | Author of the verse that starts with the beginnings of 20-, 34- and 42-Across |
| 49% | JOHNB | 5 | With 65-Across, Irish writer and author of the quote |
| 48% | VERNE | 5 | Author of the quote "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 47% | RONREAGAN | 9 | Author of the 2011 memoir "My Father at 100" |
| 47% | WANTTOGOSTEPHENKING | 19 | End of the quote, and its author |
| 47% | RONREAGAN | 9 | Author of the 2011 political memoir "My Father at 100" |
| 46% | ANDREWLLOYDWEBBER | 17 | Author of Unmasked, the quote's source |
| 46% | INTEGRATION | 11 | Goal of the 26 Across |
| 46% | STEPHEN | 7 | & 24A Author of stage plays Shout Across the River and Strawberry Fields |
| 45% | HORSES | 6 | The pieces at 26 Across, colloquially |
| 45% | FOOTBALLPENALTY | 15 | Result of the no-no found at the end of 17-, 26- or 42-Across |
| 45% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer —, author of the novels The Keep and Look at Me |
| 44% | APPENDAGES | 10 | They're found at the ends of 18-, 26- and 44-Across |
| 44% | POT | 3 | Word that may precede the beginning of 17-, 26-, 42- or 56-Across |
| 44% | ILIAD | 5 | Work hinted at by the starts of 17-, 26-, 42- and 56-Across |
| 44% | OSCAR | 5 | With 63-Across, author of the quip starting at 17-Across |
| 44% | OSCAR | 5 | With 126-Across, author of the quip starting at 27-Across |
| 43% | MOSES | 5 | Grandma ___ (painter who began at the age of 77) |
| 43% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer —, author of novels The Keep and Look at Me |