| 100% | IROBOT | 6 | Classic sci-fi collection whose title should not be construed as any sort of statement from me, the human author of this puzzle |
| 33% | JAMESMICHENER | 13 | Author of the novels whose titles are the starts of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 30% | TARA | 4 | Author Westover whose memoir is spelled out in the first letters of this puzzle's eight circled schools |
| 30% | JULES | 5 | With 141-Down, author whose work is the basis of this puzzle's theme |
| 29% | MAYA | 4 | & 8A US author of 1990 poetry collection I Shall Not be Moved |
| 28% | ACHRISTMASCAROL | 15 | Classic Dickens title (from whose 10 letters this puzzle was constructed) |
| 28% | STEPHENCOLBERT | 14 | Author of a satirical book whose title consists of five U.S. state abbreviations (and is hidden in this puzzle) |
| 28% | TRADINGSPACES | 13 | Reality series whose title describes what the starting sounds of eight TV titles in this puzzle are doing |
| 27% | ZZTOP | 5 | Rock band whose name is suggested by the first row of this puzzle |
| 26% | NOID | 4 | Reason to be barred from a bar ... or the theme of this puzzle |
| 26% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of the book whose title is circled in the grid |
| 25% | INACROWN | 8 | "You Should See Me ___," Billie Eilish song released in 2018 and the title of which was inspired by a scene from "Sherlock": 3 wds. |
| 25% | SNAKESONAPLANE | 14 | Cult classic whose title is depicted four times in this puzzle |
| 25% | FRANKENSTEIN | 12 | Classic sci-fi novel whose title character is a mad scientist |
| 25% | SPREADTHEWEALTH | 15 | Be generous with one's good fortune, as depicted by the movement of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 25% | IROBOT | 6 | Classic sci-fi anthology whose first story is titled "Robbie" |
| 25% | FOOT | 4 | Body part whose parts are aptly found at the bottom of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 24% | REGISTRAR | 9 | Anagram of whose puzzle this is (including the apostrophe "s") |
| 24% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | State whose name is the title of a classic Broadway musical |
| 24% | COLUMN | 6 | This answer is in the third one of this puzzle |
| 24% | MOUNTAINHIGHVALLEYLOW | 21 | Classic song with the repeated line "If you need me, I will be nearby" ... shown symbolically in this puzzle |
| 24% | DOE | 3 | Jane ___ (unknown, like the author of this puzzle) |
| 24% | AIGENERATED | 11 | What this puzzle is definitely not, having been created by me, a real and true human being |
| 24% | POILU | 5 | Lazare Ponticelli (1897-2008) is recognized by France as being the last of these soldiers from WWI |
| 24% | COMINGUPFORAIR | 14 | Emerging out of the water to breathe, as this puzzle's aquatic mammals are preparing to do |
| 24% | THREE | 5 | First digit of this puzzle's subject, whose next four digits are the number of rows and then columns of the grid |
| 23% | PUN | 3 | The title of this puzzle, e.g. |
| 23% | ASIMOV | 6 | I, Robot sci-fi author who developed the Three Laws of Robotics |
| 23% | ARMS | 4 | What are featured in the theme entries of this puzzle |
| 23% | KENTUCKYDERBY | 13 | First leg of the Triple Crown, whose levels of success can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |