| 100% | FORSTER | 7 | Creator of character Lucy Honeychurch: E. M. __ |
| 40% | SCHULZ | 6 | Creator of Lucy and Patty |
| 40% | MARCEAU | 7 | Creator of the character Bip |
| 40% | AAMILNE | 7 | Creator of the circled character |
| 40% | IAN | 3 | Creator of Q and M |
| 38% | DICKENS | 7 | Creator of the character Alfred Jingle: Charles __ |
| 38% | FIELDING | 8 | Creator of the "Bridget Jones" character: Helen __ |
| 38% | DICKENS | 7 | Creator of the fictional character Sam Weller |
| 38% | DICKENS | 7 | Creator of "The Artful Dodger" fictional character |
| 36% | PARK | 4 | Nick —, creator of animated characters Wallace and Gromit |
| 36% | DELAFIELD | 9 | E M —, author of 1930 novel Diary of a Provincial Lady |
| 35% | MASS | 4 | The m of E = mc² |
| 35% | ALCOTT | 6 | Creator of the characters added in 17-, 28-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 34% | FORSTER | 7 | E M —, author of novels Howards End and A Room with a View |
| 33% | APASSAGE | 8 | & 14D 1924 novel by E M Forster featuring the character Adela Quested |
| 33% | RANGEBEDFELLOWS | 15 | The main characters of "Brokeback Mountain," e.g.? |
| 33% | SUTTER | 6 | Sons of Anarchy and Mayans M.C. creator Kurt __ |
| 32% | ASHTON | 6 | Lucy ___, title character in Sir Walter Scott's "The Bride of Lammermoor" |
| 32% | BRADDON | 7 | M E —, author of novels Aurora Floyd and Lady Audley's Secret |
| 32% | PRANK | 5 | Mixing Skittles into a bowl of M&Ms, e.g. |
| 31% | CONMEN | 6 | The title characters of 1988's "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," e.g. |
| 31% | TROUPE | 6 | The main characters of the film “The Travelling Players,” e.g. |
| 31% | SETHMACFARLANE | 14 | Creator of the American animated sitcom "Family Guy" who also voices other characters of the show: 2 wds. |
| 31% | SEGAR | 5 | E. C. ___, creator of Popeye |
| 30% | ANNE | 4 | “___ with an E” (TV series based on the works of Lucy Maud Montgomery) |
| 30% | DOLLA | 5 | Creator of... |
| 30% | SCHULZ | 6 | Charles M __; creator of Snoopy and Charlie Brown |
| 29% | MEDICAL | 7 | The M of "M.E." |
| 29% | ITO | 3 | Robert of "Quincy, M.E." |
| 29% | CARTA | 5 | Map of México, e.g. |