| 100% | EZRAKLEIN | 9 | Co-author with Derek Thompson of 19 Across |
| 50% | MARYSHELLEY | 11 | Author of 19 Across |
| 50% | PER | 3 | With 19-Across, Norwegian author of "Out Stealing Horses" |
| 46% | RACHEL | 6 | With 12 Across, author of quote |
| 44% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 49 Across, author of 27/38/47 Across |
| 44% | PEPPER | 6 | With 19 Across, sometime love interest of Tony Stark |
| 42% | RUDYARD | 7 | With 42 Across, British author of ''How the Camel Got His Hump'' |
| 42% | NEGRI | 5 | Co-author of “Empire,” with Hardt |
| 42% | KAMALA | 6 | With 19 Across, first female Vice President of the United States of America |
| 41% | POHL | 4 | Co-author of stories with Asimov and Clarke |
| 40% | JAMES | 5 | With 67-Across, author of "Ulysses" |
| 40% | SAMGOLDWYN | 10 | With 28-Across, author of quip |
| 40% | DALI | 4 | Contemporary of 19 Across |
| 40% | GEORGEGERSHWIN | 14 | Composer of 19 Across |
| 40% | PAULA | 5 | With 19-Across, coauthor of 57-Across |
| 40% | JOE | 3 | With 43-Across, author of the quote |
| 40% | MARGARET | 8 | With 53-Across, author of the quote |
| 40% | ANAIS | 5 | With 26-Across, "Delta of Venus" author |
| 40% | JANET | 5 | With 32-Across, author of "White Oleander" |
| 40% | LAKE | 4 | With 19-Across, borderer of four states |
| 40% | HUCK | 4 | With 19-Across, pal of Tom Sawyer |
| 39% | BUTDOCTOR | 9 | With 14 and 19 Across, punchline of a joke about a clown |
| 39% | CHARLES | 7 | With 50-Across, author of "A Christmas Carol" |
| 39% | POLY | 4 | With 19-Across, domain of civics, in brief |
| 39% | LOTS | 4 | With 19-Across, a pillar of the Bible |
| 38% | AMY | 3 | With 60-Across, author of "The Joy Luck Club" |
| 38% | DONNA | 5 | With 35-Across, Mississippi-born author of "The Goldfinch" |
| 38% | ALANMOORE | 9 | Co-author with Dave Gibbons of Watchmen |
| 38% | ALBERT | 6 | With 23-Across, author of the general theory of relativity |
| 38% | JOHNB | 5 | With 65-Across, Irish writer and author of the quote |