100% | DICKENS | 7 | English author Charles who had to leave school and work at Warren's Blacking Warehouse, pasting labels on boot polish |
23% | RUDYARDKIPLING | 14 | English author who wrote the children's literature at 18- and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
21% | JONG | 4 | Author whose best-known work begins "There were 117 psychoanalysts on the Pan Am flight to Vienna and I'd been treated by at least six of them" |
19% | BENTHAM | 7 | Jeremy —, English philosopher who wrote 1789 work Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation |
19% | SITWELL | 7 | Edith —, English poet and critic who authored 1937 novel I Live Under a Black Sun |
19% | 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 |
19% | ETHELRED | 8 | English king (978-1016) who came to the throne at the age of about 12 and had the unfortunate epithet of "the unready" |
19% | JASONREYNOLDS | 13 | Author who has written "Ghost," "Patina," and other novels for kids in the middle school years: 2 wds. |
19% | CHRISTIE | 8 | English author Agatha who created Hercule Poirot, and is the best-selling novelist of all time, according to the Guinness World Records |
19% | HELENNASH | 9 | First Black woman to work at Washington University School of Medicine |
19% | ADA | 3 | Lovelace who worked on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine |
19% | NORESTFORTHEDEARY | 17 | Comment about a sweetheart who has to work incessantly? |
18% | SHOEMAKER | 9 | One who has to watch their tongue on the job? |
18% | INES | 4 | To date, only the incidents at Chernobyl and Fukushima have earned a seven on this rating system (abbr.) |
18% | TIMRICE | 7 | English lyricist and author with works like "Evita" and "Aladdin" who has won the EGOT: 2 wds. |
18% | RETIREE | 7 | One who has left work behind |
18% | RICKYGERVAIS | 12 | English comedian and actor who has a comedy special on Netflix titled "Humanity": 2 wds. |
18% | JOHNWILLIAMS | 12 | Composer who has worked with Spielberg on many films like "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," and is also the composer for 33a: 2 wds. |
18% | DIXON | 5 | Jeremiah —, English surveyor best known for his work with Charles Mason on resolving a boundary dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania |
18% | NEWTON | 6 | Sir Isaac ___, English physicist who gave us the laws of motion and has a wax statue at Madame Tussauds, London |
18% | LISE | 4 | ___ Meitner, Austrian-Swedish physicist who is known for her work on nuclear fission and has an element named after her |
18% | DROPOFF | 7 | To leave someone somewhere, e.g. kids at school |
18% | SEER | 4 | One who has a ball at work? |
18% | DESK | 4 | You might have to work on it |
18% | HANA | 4 | Czech supermodel Soukupova who has worked for Victoria’s Secret, Alexander McQueen, Zac Posen and others |
18% | WILLIAM | 7 | ___ Faulkner, author of "The Sound and the Fury" who once wrote the entire outline to a novel on his office walls |
18% | MULLALLY | 8 | Actress Megan (birthday today), who has appeared multiple times on spouse Nick Offerman's "Parks and Recreation" |
18% | PERRI | 5 | ___ Kiely, dancer who has participated in the reality shows, "Britain's Got Talent" and "Dancing on Ice" |
18% | BOSS | 4 | Who you report to at work |
18% | BOSS | 4 | Who employees report to at work |