| 100% | JANE | 4 | English writer Austen whose eight novels have been adapted to movies several times including "Pride & Prejudice" |
| 60% | NICK | 4 | English writer Hornby whose five novels have been adapted to movies including "Fever Pitch" |
| 52% | SPARKS | 6 | American writer Nicholas whose eleven novels have been adapted to movies including "A Walk to Remember" |
| 37% | HENRY | 5 | American writer O. ___ whose works have been adapted into several movies worldwide including "The Gift of Love" |
| 27% | JANE | 4 | English writer Austen of "Pride & Prejudice" |
| 25% | AGATHA | 6 | ___ Christie, English writer of detective novels whose books have sold more than 2 billion copies |
| 25% | AMYTAN | 6 | Writer whose first novel was adapted as a film by Wayne Wang |
| 24% | CHEYNEY | 7 | Peter —, British crime writer whose Lemmy Caution novels include This Man is Dangerous |
| 24% | MAEWEST | 7 | Actress and writer whose autobiography is titled “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It” |
| 23% | CHEYNEY | 7 | Peter —, British crime writer whose Lemmy Caution novels include This Man is Dangerous and Poison Ivy |
| 23% | KING | 4 | American writer Stephen whose works have inspired over fifty movies including "The Shawshank Redemption" |
| 22% | EREADERS | 8 | They may show stories that have been adapted from page to screen |
| 22% | LEANT | 5 | Was inclined to have meagre time |
| 21% | DEADLINE | 8 | Time something has to be done by |
| 21% | AFEW | 4 | "I have been to Seattle ___ times." (small number): 2 wds. |
| 21% | DEADLINE | 8 | Time that a project has to be finished by |
| 21% | STOLID | 6 | Hard to have time to be indifferent |
| 21% | SHAKESPEARE | 11 | William ___, English writer whose books have sold more than 2 billion copies |
| 20% | ELIGIBLE | 8 | 2016 novel by Curtis Sittenfeld that is a modern retelling of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" |
| 20% | IAN | 3 | I wrote the James Bond series which has been adapted into films twenty-six times so far |
| 20% | JANEAUSTEN | 10 | 19th-century author whose novel "Pride and Prejudice" has had numerous film and TV adaptations: 2 wds. |
| 20% | AESOP | 5 | Writer whose several hundred works are catalogued by the Perry Index |
| 20% | ANGELAMERKEL | 12 | German chancellor who has been on the Time 100 list eight times: 2 wds. |
| 20% | ANGELAMERKEL | 12 | German chancellor who has been listed on the "Time 100" eight times (2 wds.) |
| 20% | ELENAFORBES | 11 | Crime writer whose 2007 debut novel was Die with Me |
| 20% | BRIDGET | 7 | "___ Jones's Diary," 1996 novel by Helen Fielding that is roughly based on Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" |
| 20% | END | 3 | The time when credits to a movie are often shown |
| 20% | AND | 3 | "Pride ___ Prejudice" (Jane Austen novel) |
| 20% | DIANAGABALDON | 13 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Outlander" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 20% | KATHYREICHS | 11 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Bones" TV series (2 wds.) |