| 100% | RAND | 4 | Ayn ___, writer of "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" |
| 60% | RAND | 4 | Ayn ___ writer of "Atlas Shrugged" |
| 57% | BENMARCUS | 9 | Writer of The Age of Wire and String |
| 56% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of the fable "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 56% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of the fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper" |
| 55% | LAYLAFSAAD | 10 | Writer of the bestseller "Me and White Supremacy" (3 wds.) |
| 55% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of "The Gnat and the Bull" |
| 54% | IVANTURGENEV | 12 | Russian writer of the novel "Fathers and Sons": 2 wds. |
| 53% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of fables like The Tortoise and the Hare |
| 53% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of fables like "The Fox and the Grapes" |
| 53% | STEADMAN | 8 | Writer of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief, A.F. __ |
| 52% | MILNE | 5 | Writer of the line "Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?" |
| 51% | TEMPERTON | 9 | Rod __, writer of Off the Wall and Boogie Nights |
| 51% | AESOP | 5 | Ancient writer of "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 51% | UNIONS | 6 | The Writers Guild of America and others |
| 51% | EUGENEIONESCO | 13 | 20th-century writer of the French plays "Rhinoceros" and "The Bald Soprano": 2 wds. |
| 51% | SAMUELBECKETT | 13 | 20th-century writer of the French plays "Waiting for Godot" and "Endgame": 2 wds. |
| 51% | RAND | 4 | Ayn ___ (pen name of the author of "Atlas Shrugged") |
| 51% | AYN | 3 | ___ Rand who authored "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead" |
| 50% | JEANPAULSARTRE | 14 | 20th-century writer of the French plays "No Exit" and "The Flies": 2 wds., hyph. |
| 50% | AESOP | 5 | Legendary writer of fables such as "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 49% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Writer of 17-Across, 36-Across, and the 2019 novel "Chances Are ... " (2 wds.) |
| 49% | LULUWANG | 8 | Writer and director of The Farewell |
| 48% | FAE | 3 | Erica ___, writer and director of "To Keep The Light" |
| 48% | OBIES | 5 | 2015 awards for the writer and director of "Hamilton" |
| 48% | RAND | 4 | "Atlas Shrugged" writer Ayn |
| 47% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 47% | WOOLF | 5 | Writer of the line “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction” |
| 47% | PALIN | 5 | Michael —, writer and star of 1982 film comedy The Missionary |
| 47% | MELBROOKS | 9 | Writer and director of The Producers in 1967 |