| 100% | AAMILNE | 7 | Author whose most famous character is introduced as Edward Bear |
| 32% | ELIOT | 5 | George whose most famous work is subtitled “A Study of Provincial Life” |
| 32% | XACTO | 5 | Company whose most famous product was originally designed to be a surgical scalpel |
| 31% | YOGI | 4 | ___ Bear, cartoon character whose sidekick is Boo Boo |
| 30% | HELEN | 5 | With 25 Across, author whose best-known character is named Jones |
| 30% | HENRY | 5 | With 25 Across, author whose best-known character is named Jones |
| 30% | HOTDOG | 6 | Ballpark treat whose status as a sandwich is much debated |
| 29% | SEUSS | 5 | Popular author most of whose work is written in anapestic tetrameter |
| 29% | ABNER | 5 | "Li'l ___" (classic comics character whose father was born Lucifer Ornamental Yokum) |
| 29% | EMMA | 4 | Character described by Austen as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like" |
| 28% | IAN | 3 | English author ___ Fleming whose protagonist James Bond became the most well known spy character |
| 28% | HOFF | 4 | Harry S —, English author whose 1934 debut novel Trina was published in the US as It Happened in PRK |
| 28% | RACHEL | 6 | Jennifer Aniston's most famous character |
| 28% | TARZAN | 6 | Edgar Rice Burroughs' most famous character |
| 28% | FLYTE | 5 | Sebastian —, character in 1945 Evelyn Waugh novel Brideshead Revisited whose teddy bear is named Aloysius |
| 28% | ACTI | 4 | When the first characters are introduced |
| 28% | SAMMALONE | 9 | Sitcom character who said "Not many people know this, but I happen to be famous" |
| 27% | ANAKINSKYWALKER | 15 | Film character whose midi-chlorian count is more than twenty thousand |
| 27% | TED | 3 | 2012 film whose title character is a stuffed bear |
| 27% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Author of "It," based on whose books movies such as "The Shining" have been also been made: 2 wds. |
| 27% | FABERGE | 7 | Jeweler whose most famous products have decorated shells |
| 27% | ARIAS | 5 | Many famous ones are from Italy |
| 26% | PISA | 4 | City whose most famous tower leans about 4 degrees |
| 26% | KAFKA | 5 | Novelist whose most famous protagonist transforms into a bug |
| 26% | MILNE | 5 | Author whose son was named Christopher Robin |
| 26% | MARX | 4 | Author whose most notable work has the subtitle "Kritik der politischen Oekonomie" |
| 26% | FAYWRAY | 7 | Actress whose most famous co-star really fell for her |
| 26% | SHANE | 5 | 1953 film whose title character says "A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it" |
| 26% | ALBERTVILLE | 11 | Where women's biathlon was introduced as a medal event |
| 26% | ANON | 4 | Author whose name is never mentioned, for short |