| 100% | COLLODI | 7 | Carlo __, Italian creator of Pinocchio in 1881 |
| 50% | COLLODI | 7 | Carlo ___, creator of Pinocchio |
| 48% | COLLODI | 7 | Carlo —, creator of Pinocchio born Carlo Lorenzini |
| 40% | EDNA | 4 | Creator of Jett in ''Giant'' |
| 40% | SNL | 3 | Creator of sketches, in brief |
| 40% | LEAR | 4 | Creator of "All in the Family" |
| 40% | RIOTER | 6 | Creator of mayhem in the streets |
| 39% | BLUEFAIRY | 9 | The pixie animator of Pinocchio in the Disney tale |
| 39% | ARIEL | 5 | Creator of the tempest in "The Tempest" |
| 39% | DIOR | 4 | Creator of the "New Look" in fashion |
| 38% | LOUISAMAYALCOTT | 15 | Creator of the March family in ''Little Women'' |
| 38% | ELSA | 4 | Creator of the giant snowman Marshmallow in "Frozen" |
| 38% | CICADAS | 7 | Creators of much buzz in the spring of 2021 |
| 38% | GROPIUS | 7 | Walter __, creator of the Bauhaus in Weimar |
| 38% | BRAHMA | 6 | The creator of the universe in Hinduism |
| 37% | DALI | 4 | Creator of a surreal dream sequence in Hitchcock’s “Spellbound” |
| 36% | TREX | 4 | Creator of ripples in a water glass, in a classic movie scene |
| 36% | ALCOTT | 6 | Creator of the characters added in 17-, 28-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 36% | RICARD | 6 | Paul —, Marseille-born creator of an eponymous pastis in 1932 |
| 35% | IZANAGI | 7 | Creator god of the islands in Japanese mythology |
| 35% | SANTANA | 7 | Carlos in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
| 35% | ROMA | 4 | Capital of Italy, in Italian |
| 35% | SONY | 4 | Creator of AIBO, now in the Carnegie Mellon University Robot Hall of Fame |
| 35% | CENTESIMO | 9 | In former Italian currency one hundredth of a Lira |
| 35% | BRACIOLE | 8 | Italian fried slices of meat cooked in own juices |
| 35% | JIMINY | 6 | First name of the cricket in Pinocchio |
| 35% | CAVOUR | 6 | Chief architect of Italian unification in 1870 |
| 35% | ESTE | 4 | House of ___ (powerful Italian family in history) |
| 34% | PROSECCO | 8 | Cheap Italian bubbly served in lieu of champagne |
| 34% | STELVIO | 7 | __ Pass, series of hairpin roads in Italian Alps |