| 100% | YUVALNOAHHARARI | 15 | Best-selling Israeli author of "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" |
| 59% | SAPIENS | 7 | 2014 best seller subtitled "A Brief History of Humankind" |
| 49% | SAPIENS | 7 | Yuval Noah Harari bestseller subtitled "A Brief History of Humankind" |
| 49% | HAWKING | 7 | Stephen __, author of A Brief History of Time |
| 49% | HAWKING | 7 | Stephen, author of A Brief History of Time |
| 49% | HAWKING | 7 | "A Brief History of Time" author Stephen |
| 48% | STEPHENHAWKING | 14 | "A Brief History of Time" author doing sales? |
| 46% | HAWKING | 7 | Presidential Medal of Freedom winning British scientist Stephen ___ whose book "A Brief History of Time" was a record-breaking best-seller |
| 45% | HAWKING | 7 | Author of "A Brief History of Time": Stephen __ |
| 45% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 34-Across, "A Brief History of Time" author who is an atheist |
| 45% | JKROWLING | 9 | Author of the best-selling book series in history |
| 45% | HAWKING | 7 | "A Brief History of Time" author born on the 300th anniversary of 4D's death |
| 44% | HAWKING | 7 | Physicist responsible for A Brief History of Time |
| 44% | HAWKING | 7 | Professor who wrote A Brief History of Time |
| 44% | STOWE | 5 | Best-selling author who was a neighbor of Twain in Hartford |
| 43% | HUME | 4 | Enlightenment philosopher who wrote a best-selling history of England |
| 42% | BRYSON | 6 | Bill —, author of books A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods |
| 42% | LAPPE | 5 | Frances Moore ___, author of the best-selling "Diet for a Small Planet" |
| 42% | STEPHENHAWKING | 14 | British scientist who performed groundbreaking work in physics and cosmology and authored "A Brief History of Time": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ROWLING | 7 | Best-selling author who was a runner-up for Time's 2007 Person of the Year |
| 40% | LIETO | 5 | Sell a bill of goods |
| 39% | FBI | 3 | "Enemies: A History of the ___" (2012 best seller) |
| 39% | TIME | 4 | "A Brief History of ___" (Stephen Hawking bestseller) |
| 39% | TIME | 4 | "A Brief History of ___," Stephen Hawking book |
| 39% | GALE | 4 | Patrick —, author of novels A Perfectly Good Man and Notes from an Exhibition |
| 39% | EMPORIUM | 8 | Large retail store selling a wide variety of goods |
| 38% | STEPHENHAWKING | 14 | "A Brief History of Time" physicist (1/8/42-3/14/18) who declined a knighthood: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ALDO | 4 | Environmentalist ___ Leopold, author of the best-selling "A Sand County Almanac" |
| 38% | TOYNBEE | 7 | Arnold J —, author of 12-volume work A Study of History |
| 38% | THEGOAT | 7 | Nickname for the best player in the history of a sport |