| 100% | NORAH | 5 | English author Lofts |
| 62% | NORAH | 5 | Author Lofts |
| 60% | EDEN | 4 | English author ____ Phillpotts |
| 60% | MARGOT | 6 | English author Asquith |
| 60% | READE | 5 | English author Charles |
| 60% | LYTTON | 6 | English author Bulwer-___ |
| 60% | ENID | 4 | English author Blyton |
| 60% | GLYN | 4 | English author Elinor |
| 59% | LYTTON | 6 | English author Edward Bulwer-___ |
| 58% | MEE | 3 | English author and editor Arthur ___ |
| 56% | AUSTEN | 6 | English author who wrote Mansfield Park |
| 56% | AUSTEN | 6 | Jane, classic English author |
| 55% | KYD | 3 | English author of "The Spanish Tragedy" Thomas ____ |
| 52% | BENJONSON | 9 | English playwright, author of Volpone |
| 51% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | English author of "Stardust," "American Gods" and "The Graveyard Book" |
| 51% | OTWAY | 5 | Thomas —, English author of 1675 stage play Alcibiades |
| 50% | JULIANA | 7 | English mystic and author, __ of Norwich |
| 50% | BENJONSON | 9 | English playwright, author of Bartholomew Fair |
| 50% | SEWELL | 6 | English author Anna ___ whose only novel "Black Beauty" is a bestseller |
| 49% | WAREHOUSE | 9 | Helena G Wells is an English author in __ 13 |
| 49% | ENIDS | 5 | English children's author Blyton and others |
| 48% | NODDY | 5 | Popular children's book series by English author Enid Blyton |
| 47% | IAN | 3 | English author ___ McEwan who won the Man Booker Prize for his novel "Amsterdam" |
| 47% | ANSTEY | 6 | F —, English author of novels The Tinted Venus and Vice Versa |
| 46% | IAN | 3 | English author ___ Fleming whose protagonist James Bond became the most well known spy character |
| 45% | ANSTEY | 6 | F —, English author of the novels The Tinted Venus and Vice Versa |
| 44% | HOBBES | 6 | Thomas —, English philosopher who authored 1651 book Leviathan |
| 44% | RUDYARDKIPLING | 14 | English author who wrote the children's literature at 18- and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SCRUTON | 7 | Roger —, English philosopher; author of 2015 novel The Disappeared |