| 100% | JILLMURPHY | 10 | British writer and illustrator who created 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 82% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | British writer and illustrator who created 15-Across and 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 55% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Novelist and illustrator who created Mrs. Tittlemouse (2 wds) |
| 53% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Writer who created the White Rabbit and the March Hare: 2 wds. |
| 52% | RICHARDADAMS | 12 | Writer who created Fiver, Hazel, and their fellow rabbits in "Watership Down": 2 wds. |
| 51% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Writer who created Peter Rabbit and Cotton-tail: 2 wds. |
| 50% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Prolific children's writer and illustrator who used his real middle name as part of his pen name (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ROBDELANEY | 10 | Actor and comedian who created the British sitcom "Catastrophe" and stars in it opposite Sharon Horgan: 2 wds. |
| 46% | AGATHACHRISTIE | 14 | British novelist who created the fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple (2 wds.) |
| 46% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Author/illustrator who created the title character of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ROBERTCRAIS | 11 | Mystery writer who created private detectives Elvis Cole and Joe Pike (2 wds.) |
| 43% | ISSARAE | 7 | Actress who created and starred in HBO's "Insecure" as Ms. Dee: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Kid-lit writer who created Ramona Quimby and Runaway Ralph (2 wds.) |
| 43% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Kid-lit writer who created Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny (2 wds.) |
| 43% | LOISLOWRY | 9 | Kid-lit writer who created Gooney Bird Greene and Anastasia Krupnik (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Kid-lit writer who created Fudge Hatcher and Sally J. Freedman (2 wds.) |
| 43% | DAVIDEKELLEY | 12 | TV producer/writer who created 32-Across and "Boston Legal": 3 wds. |
| 42% | MICHAELAGOADE | 13 | Writer and illustrator whose "Berry Song" was a 2023 Caldecott Honor Book (2 wds.) |
| 42% | JULESVERNE | 10 | Writer who created Captain Nemo, traveler to the submerged city of Atlantis: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CHARLESSCHULZ | 13 | Comic strip artist who created 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | DEWITTWALLACE | 13 | Publisher and philanthropist who was inspired to create 41-Across while reading magazine articles during his recuperation from injuries he sustained in WWI (2 wds.) |
| 42% | LORNEMICHAELS | 13 | TV producer, writer and comedian, who is the creator and producer of SNL: 2 wds. |
| 42% | RUTHHANDLER | 11 | Former 29-Across president and inventor who created 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | QUINTABRUNSON | 13 | "A Black Lady Sketch Show" comedian who created and plays a second grade teacher in "Abbott Elementary": 2 wds. |
| 41% | JEFFERYDEAVER | 13 | "The Bone Collector" mystery novelist who created 18-Across and 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | HILLARYCLINTON | 14 | Politician who wrote "What Happened," 19-Across, and 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ZOEKRAVITZ | 10 | "The Batman" actress who co-wrote and directed 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | JASONBATEMAN | 12 | "Ozark" actor who cohosts 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | GARRYMARSHALL | 13 | Director/producer/actor who created "Happy Days," developed 18-Across, and directed 44-Across: 2 wds |
| 40% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | American singer who created hits like "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood," and releases her newest album on the 10th: 2 wds. |