| 100% | ALANMOORE | 9 | Comic-book writer whose work has had many film adaptations, despite his claim that it is “designed to be unfilmable” |
| 33% | WORKER | 6 | Norman ___, British comic book writer whose name is connected to 13a |
| 29% | MAEWEST | 7 | Actress and writer whose autobiography is titled “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It” |
| 28% | NINE | 4 | Musical whose numerical title adds one-half to that of the Fellini film on which it is based |
| 28% | DANTE | 5 | Writer whose work is hell to get through? |
| 27% | SHAKESPEARE | 11 | William ___, English writer whose books have sold more than 2 billion copies |
| 27% | YET | 3 | "And ___ it moves" (Galileo's supposed response to being forced to recant his claim that the Earth moves around the sun) |
| 27% | STEEL | 5 | Danielle ___, American romance writer whose books have sold more than 650 million copies |
| 27% | STANLEE | 7 | Comic book legend whose last film cameo is in "Avengers: Endgame" |
| 26% | OMAN | 4 | Country whose Wikipedia page might note that it's "not to be confused with Amman" |
| 26% | STANLEE | 7 | Comic book legend whose last film cameo is in "Avengers: Endgame" (2 wds.) |
| 26% | STAN | 4 | Comic book legend ___ Lee who had cameos in many Marvel films |
| 26% | CSLEWIS | 7 | *Deceased writer whose work was the basis for a hit 2005 film |
| 26% | ROTA | 4 | List showing whose turn it is to work |
| 26% | ACTS | 4 | Book that's the source of the line "It is more blessed to give than to receive" |
| 26% | COLLEEN | 7 | Hoover whose book “It Ends With Us” sold more than eight hundred thousand copies in the month after the August, 2024, release of its film adaptation |
| 26% | XACTO | 5 | Company whose most famous product was originally designed to be a surgical scalpel |
| 26% | BRAD | 4 | First Maverick to have his jersey retired- it was #15- ___ Davis |
| 25% | ADAPTIONS | 9 | Films that have been formatted to fit a smaller screen, e.g. |
| 25% | ATACAMA | 7 | Desert whose soil has been compared to that of Mars |
| 25% | LASAGNA | 7 | Baked pasta dish that is known to have many layers |
| 25% | ANTHOLOGY | 9 | Book that contains written works from many writers |
| 25% | EGG | 3 | Something that has to be broken before it can be used |
| 25% | REDDESERT | 9 | 1964 Antonioni film that was his first to be shot in color |
| 25% | LISP | 4 | Speech impediment whose name is hard to say if you have it |
| 25% | SUPERGIRL | 9 | TV series that stars Melissa Benoist as a comic book heroine whose secret identity is Kara Danvers |
| 25% | HENRY | 5 | American writer O. ___ whose works have been adapted into several movies worldwide including "The Gift of Love" |
| 25% | DRNO | 4 | Film character who says "The successful criminal mind is always superior. It has to be." |
| 24% | NERO | 4 | Roman emperor who had three impostors claim to be him after his suicide |
| 24% | STAN | 4 | With 24-Down, comic book legend who had many cameos in Marvel films |