| 100% | MERCATOR | 8 | Flemish cartographer who coined the term “atlas” for a book of maps |
| 40% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | RACHELMADDOW | 12 | MSNBC host who won a 2021 Grammy for the audiobook of her nonfiction book "Blowout": 2 wds. |
| 39% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for "Hell of a Book": 2 wds. |
| 38% | BETTYWHITE | 10 | "The Proposal" actress who won a Grammy for the spoken word recording of her book "If You Ask Me": 2 wds. |
| 38% | DIOR | 4 | Christian who coined the term "A-line" |
| 38% | OUT | 3 | ___ of Bounds, term for a player who touches any boundary line in the NFL |
| 37% | ATLAS | 5 | A book in which you find the map of the world |
| 37% | DESI | 4 | Term for a member of the South Asian diaspora |
| 37% | ATLAS | 5 | Book of maps, named after the Greek titan condemned to hold the sky up for eternity |
| 37% | STARBOARD | 9 | Term for the right side of a ship |
| 37% | REGICIDE | 8 | Term for the crime of killing a king |
| 37% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | "Lilies of the Field" actor who won a Grammy for the spoken word recording of his book "The Measure of a Man": 2 wds. |
| 36% | RAFTER | 6 | A __ of turkeys, a collective term for the birds |
| 36% | MUSTER | 6 | A __ of storks, a collective term for the birds |
| 36% | DECEIT | 6 | A __ of lapwings, a collective term for the birds |
| 36% | SUPERNOVA | 9 | Astronomical term for the explosion of a star |
| 36% | FRACTURE | 8 | Medical term for the break of a bone |
| 36% | MAGNITUDE | 9 | Astronomical term for the brightness of a star |
| 36% | EXISTENTIALDRE | 14 | Good title for a reflective book on the life of a rap Dr.? |
| 36% | ACTS | 4 | First book of the New Testament that isn't named for a person |
| 36% | YEARLING | 8 | Term for a horse between the ages of one and two |
| 36% | TREKKIE | 7 | One term for a follower of the USS Enterprise |
| 35% | CHAIRMAN | 8 | "Male" term for the leader of a committee or board |
| 35% | KINETIC | 7 | Common term for the energy of a body in motion |
| 35% | CURD | 4 | Alternate term for the edible white part of a cauliflower |
| 35% | DUE | 3 | ___ date (date for the return of a library book, say) |
| 35% | WHARTON | 7 | Edith who won a Pulitzer for The Age of Innocence |
| 35% | ROWE | 4 | Playwright who coined the term "lothario" |
| 35% | LAMARCK | 7 | Naturalist who coined the term "invertebrate" |