| 100% | CHIANG | 6 | Author Ted whose “Story of Your Life” inspired the movie “Arrival” |
| 83% | TED | 3 | Chiang whose "Story of Your Life" inspired the movie Arrival |
| 45% | TED | 3 | "Story of Your Life" author Chiang |
| 41% | TED | 3 | Nebula- and Hugo-winning writer Chiang whose short story "Story of Your Life" is the basis of the film "Arrival" |
| 40% | HELEN | 5 | "The Story of My Life" author Keller |
| 38% | LECTER | 6 | Hannibal ___, antagonist of "The Silence of the Lambs" whose look could inspire your scary Halloween mask |
| 38% | JASON | 5 | ___ Voorhees, antagonist of the "Friday the 13th" series whose look could inspire your scary Halloween mask |
| 38% | CHIANG | 6 | Ted ___, author of the best-selling short-story collection "Exhalation" |
| 38% | THURBER | 7 | James —, US humorist whose short stories include The Catbird Seat and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
| 37% | RICHTER | 7 | Artist Gerhard whose portraits of the Baader-Meinhof group inspired a Don DeLillo story |
| 37% | AUTOBIOGRAPHY | 13 | The story of my life? |
| 37% | AGE | 3 | The time of your life |
| 37% | AGE | 3 | The time of your life? |
| 37% | ERICHKASTNER | 12 | Author of "Lottie and Lisa" which inspired 29a and a Walt Disney movie of the same name in 1961: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TED | 3 | The character who tells the story of his life in "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 36% | BIOGRAPHER | 10 | Author of life stories |
| 36% | BRADBURY | 8 | Ray —, author whose volumes of short stories include The Illustrated Man |
| 36% | MAN | 3 | ___ in the Mask, one of the antagonists from "The Strangers" whose look could inspire your simple but scary Halloween mask |
| 36% | FORESTER | 8 | Author of the Hornblower stories |
| 36% | JOHNOFARRELL | 12 | Author of the novels This Is Your Life and May Contain Nuts |
| 35% | MOZART | 6 | Amadeus was the movie of this composer's life |
| 35% | PUPFICTION | 10 | Movie about the early life of Lassie? |
| 35% | MONKKIDD | 8 | The Secret Life of Bees author Sue |
| 35% | NIN | 3 | Author of the story collection "Little Birds" |
| 35% | COLFER | 6 | The Land of Stories series author Chris __ |
| 35% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Children's author whose imagery inspired the lyrics of 14-/29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PAULGAUGUIN | 11 | Artist whose life inspired The Moon and Sixpence |
| 34% | POE | 3 | Author of the short story "Loss of Breath" |
| 34% | BOBDOLE | 7 | Author of the memoir "One Soldier's Story" |