| 100% | MCNEILE | 7 | H C —, author whose novels, including Mufti and Ronald Standish, were published under the name Sapper |
| 37% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author whose first novel was anonymously published under the byline “By a Lady” |
| 36% | HARRISON | 8 | Harry —, US author whose novels include Bill, the Galactic Hero and Make Room! Make Room! |
| 36% | OFLAHERTY | 9 | Liam —, author whose novels include Famine and The Informer |
| 32% | JACQUELINE | 10 | Children's author whose novels include Love Lessons and Candyfloss |
| 31% | TREVANIAN | 9 | Author born Rodney Whitaker whose novels include The Crazyladies of Pearl Street and The Eiger Sanction |
| 30% | CAVALIERS | 9 | With 15a, it's the name of the NBA team whose mascots are Moondog and Sir C.C. and which is part-owned by Usher |
| 30% | ALISMITH | 8 | Author whose novel “Summer” is the final book in her Seasonal Quartet (August, 2020) |
| 29% | LUDLUM | 6 | Robert, writer who also published novels under the names Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd |
| 29% | STENNIS | 7 | Former U.S. senator John C. ___, whose name can be formed by combining 44 Down and 22 Across and reversing the whole thing |
| 29% | BLUME | 5 | Judy —, US author whose novels include Wifey and Summer Sisters |
| 28% | JESMYNWARD | 10 | Author whose novels "Salvage the Bones" and "Sing, Unburied, Sing" each won a National Book Award: 2 wds. |
| 28% | SNOW | 4 | C P —, author of the novels Homecomings and Time of Hope |
| 27% | JOHNOFARRELL | 12 | Author of the novels This Is Your Life and May Contain Nuts |
| 27% | GROSS | 5 | Andrew —, author of the novels Reckless and One Mile Under |
| 27% | BOA | 3 | Creature whose genus name and English name are the same |
| 27% | TITLEPAGE | 9 | It generally includes the author's name and the imprint |
| 27% | THINMAN | 7 | The —, 1934 Dashiell Hammett novel whose central characters are Nick and Nora Charles |
| 27% | MAXTED | 6 | Anna —, author of the novels Being Committed and Getting Over It |
| 27% | ADENINE | 7 | DNA compound whose name includes the letters D, N and A |
| 27% | ULNA | 4 | Part of the body whose name is both English and Latin |
| 27% | ELLE | 4 | Fashion magazine whose name is spelled the same forward and backward |
| 27% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish band whose name is spelled the same backward and forward |
| 27% | IKEA | 4 | Store whose product names often include the letters ø and ä |
| 27% | JAYASHER | 8 | Author whose book "Thirteen Reasons Why" was adapted into a Netflix show of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 27% | EMILYBRONTE | 11 | Author of novel Wuthering Heights, first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell |
| 27% | DEIGHTON | 8 | Len —, author of the novels The IPCRESS File and Horse Under Water |
| 27% | HIGHSMITH | 9 | Patricia —, author of the novels Ripley Under Ground and Ripley’s Game |
| 27% | HIGHSMITH | 9 | Patricia —, author of the novels Ripley Under Ground and Ripley's Game |