| 100% | EMEND | 5 | Correct result captivates this writer |
| 36% | DICKENS | 7 | This writer penned A Christmas Carol |
| 33% | VARY | 4 | Results may do this |
| 32% | MERRY | 5 | Happy to find this writer right by railway |
| 32% | BIRO | 4 | Drab ironing captivates writer |
| 32% | VARY | 4 | Results may do this, in commercials |
| 31% | IJEOMA | 6 | This Oluo is a Nigerian-American writer |
| 31% | ABBIE | 5 | "Steal This Book" writer Hoffman |
| 31% | GLASSES | 7 | Wear these to correct presbyopia |
| 31% | ONSPEC | 6 | Some writers write this way |
| 31% | ALIASES | 7 | Thieves and writers use these |
| 30% | VALIDITY | 8 | Results in experiments need this to be useful |
| 30% | VARY | 4 | Differ, change; results may do this |
| 30% | TREAD | 5 | Lack of this results in baldness |
| 30% | SENECA | 6 | "What fools these mortals be" writer |
| 29% | ZERO | 4 | Dividing by this yields an undefined result |
| 29% | DAVIDALLANCOE | 13 | "Take This Job and Shove It" writer |
| 28% | DANFRENCH | 9 | Comic writer who produced this puzzle's quote |
| 28% | TSELIOT | 7 | Writer whose initials, when doubled, become another answer in this puzzle |
| 27% | HEREON | 6 | As a result of this |
| 27% | HEREBY | 6 | As a result of this |
| 27% | HEREAT | 6 | As a result of this |
| 27% | STOREY | 6 | "This Sporting Life" writer |
| 27% | BOOT | 4 | Result of a parking violation ... as illustrated four times in this puzzle? |
| 27% | TINAFEY | 7 | Writer of the bestseller spelled out in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 26% | SUBJECT | 7 | What "The Star-Spangled Banner" writer is in this puzzle |
| 26% | PRIMOLEVI | 9 | Italian chemist and writer of If This is a Man |
| 26% | RBIS | 4 | A grand slam homer results in four of these: Abbr. |
| 26% | EDS | 3 | People who'd correct the typoe in this clue, for short |
| 26% | ELEMENTSOFSTYLE | 15 | With "The," classic guide for writers, and this puzzle's theme |