| 100% | DEMILLE | 7 | Dancer/choreographer Agnes who wrote a biography of Martha Graham |
| 94% | DEMILLE | 7 | Choreographer Agnes who wrote a biography of Martha Graham |
| 40% | DANTE | 5 | Boccaccio wrote a biography of him |
| 40% | MORTON | 6 | Andrew __, wrote a biography of Princess Diana |
| 38% | EVECURIE | 8 | Journalist who wrote a biography on her Nobel-winning mother, Marie |
| 37% | HAWKING | 7 | Professor who wrote A Brief History of Time |
| 36% | HOYLE | 5 | Edmond who wrote a treatise on the game of whist |
| 36% | HUME | 4 | Enlightenment philosopher who wrote a best-selling history of England |
| 36% | JAMESMBARRIE | 12 | Baronet who wrote of a pirate |
| 36% | EDEL | 4 | Leon ___ who wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography on Henry James |
| 36% | ASHE | 4 | Athlete who wrote a history of African-American athletes |
| 36% | ANI | 3 | DiFranco who wrote a book of poetry called "Verses" |
| 35% | MILLER | 6 | Arthur who wrote "Death of a Salesman" |
| 35% | GOGOL | 5 | Nikolai who wrote "Diary of a Madman" |
| 35% | DALI | 4 | Artist Salvador who wrote "Diary of a Genius" |
| 35% | RAWLS | 5 | Moral philosopher who wrote A Theory of Justice |
| 34% | KAHN | 4 | Gus who wrote "Dream a Little Dream of Me" |
| 34% | EZRA | 4 | Pound who wrote "In a Station of the Metro" |
| 34% | ANI | 3 | Singer DiFranco who wrote a book of poetry called "Verses" |
| 34% | ASHE | 4 | Tennis legend who wrote a history of African-American athletes |
| 33% | MASHA | 5 | Gessen who wrote the 2012 Putin biography "The Man Without a Face" |
| 33% | YOKOONO | 7 | Singer/artist who wrote “Grapefruit,” a book of short performance-art scripts |
| 33% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author who wrote "Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance" |
| 33% | TOE | 3 | Point of a dancer who's en pointe |
| 33% | ANNE | 4 | Rice who wrote the upcoming book "Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat" |
| 33% | ALLEN | 5 | ___ Ginsberg, poet who wrote "Howl" and a major figure of the Beat Generation |
| 33% | ALEC | 4 | Guinness who wrote “My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor” |
| 32% | KEATS | 5 | Poet who wrote "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" |
| 32% | ASHE | 4 | Tennis great Arthur who wrote a history of African-American athletes |
| 32% | BAIN | 4 | Donald who wrote a 1963 "memoir" seen in the first words of 17-, 30-, 46- and 60-Across |