| 100% | HUME | 4 | David who took 15 years to write "The History of England" |
| 41% | JOHNUPDIKE | 10 | Author who took 24 years to publish a sequel to "The Witches of Eastwick": 2 wds. |
| 41% | PATRICK | 7 | ___ Brewer from "Schitt's Creek" who takes a reluctant David Rose on a hike and proposes to him at the top of the trail |
| 40% | IDA | 3 | Tarbell who wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company |
| 39% | PLATH | 5 | Poet who wrote "I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am" |
| 38% | RING | 4 | Lardner, Jr. who wrote "Woman of the Year" |
| 38% | HERODOTUS | 9 | Father of history who wrote about the Persian Wars |
| 37% | BROOME | 6 | David —, showjumper who won the 1960 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award |
| 36% | STEINBERG | 9 | David ___, crossword creator who became the crossword editor of a major newspaper at 15 |
| 36% | LIVY | 4 | Roman who wrote "The History of Rome" |
| 35% | PLATT | 5 | David —, former England and Arsenal midfield footballer; 1990 PFA Players' Player of the Year award winner |
| 35% | TUBE | 4 | “I took the ___ back out of town / Back to the Rolling Pin”: the Who |
| 35% | JOEMADDON | 9 | Three-time Manager of the Year who coached the team to victory: 2 wds. |
| 35% | BOWIE | 5 | David of 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' |
| 35% | PLATT | 5 | David —, former England and Aston Villa midfield footballer; 1990 PFA Players' Player of the Year award winner |
| 35% | EULER | 5 | Mathematician Leonard of the 18th century who first wrote f(x) to denote a function |
| 34% | JRRTOLKIEN | 10 | Author who took 17 years to publish a sequel to "The Hobbit": 4 wds. |
| 34% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ELON | 4 | Musk who set a record for the largest loss of personal fortune in history, according to Guinness |
| 34% | ADEPT | 5 | One who has taken five of the seven initiations, according to the theosophical writings of Alice Bailey |
| 34% | ANDREA | 6 | Tenor Bocelli who released the album “Duets” to celebrate thirty years of his musical career (October, 2024) |
| 34% | EDORGERON | 9 | 2019 SEC Coach of the Year who led the 48-Across to a national championship (2 wds.) |
| 34% | LEA | 3 | Michele who’s slated to take over as Fanny Brice in the Broadway revival of “Funny Girl” |
| 34% | DIDION | 6 | Joan who wrote "The Year of Magical Thinking" |
| 33% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author who took 34 years to publish a sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale": 2 wds. |
| 33% | MLI | 3 | 15 years before the Battle of Hastings |
| 33% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Alabaman who wrote the Best Novel of the Century, according to a 1999 Library Journal poll |
| 33% | FRODO | 5 | "The Lord of the Rings" character who takes the ring to Mount Doom |
| 33% | AYNRAND | 7 | Who wrote "Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think" |
| 33% | LUDDITE | 7 | Any of the textile workers in England opposed to mechanisation who organised machine-breaking in the early 19th century |