| 100% | LENIN | 5 | He wrote ''Materialism and Empiro-criticism ''at the British Museum (1908) |
| 48% | ELGIN | 5 | Big name at the British Museum |
| 44% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | He wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 43% | REISER | 6 | He wrote the best sellers "Couplehood" and "Babyhood" |
| 42% | STILLER | 7 | Ben __; Night At The Museum and Zoolander actor |
| 41% | AAMILNE | 7 | He wrote "You and I have brains. The others have fluff" |
| 41% | IVAN | 4 | ''Night at the Museum 2'' baddie alongside Napoleon and Capone |
| 40% | KAFKA | 5 | He wrote "In the fight between you and the world, back the world" |
| 40% | BART | 4 | He writes on a chalkboard at the beginning of each episode of "The Simpsons" |
| 38% | CANDLEWITHHAIR | 14 | "... and I write '___' on the box, which seems to reassure him" |
| 37% | ELGIN | 5 | The British Museum's ___ Marbles |
| 37% | ELGIN | 5 | The British Museum's _____ marbles |
| 37% | BRIANJACQUES | 12 | British novelist who wrote the "Redwall" and "Castaways of the Flying Dutchman" series (2 wds.) |
| 35% | RUDYARDKIPLING | 14 | English author who wrote the children's literature at 18- and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PAYER | 5 | He wrote the check |
| 35% | EARLE | 5 | He wrote The Andy Griffith Show theme (and did the whistling himself), ___ Hagen |
| 35% | RUTHWARE | 8 | British novelist who wrote the bestsellers "The Woman in Cabin 10," 15-Across, and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ANDYMURRAY | 10 | British tennis player who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | LOUISBRAILLE | 12 | Blind educator who invented the touch system of reading and writing named after him: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SHAKESPEARE | 11 | He wrote Romeo and Juliet |
| 35% | TWAIN | 5 | He wrote about the Finns |
| 34% | BEN | 3 | Stiller of the "Night at the Museum" and "Madagascar" movies |
| 34% | PULSE | 5 | "On the ___ of Morning," poem written and read by Maya Angelou at Bill Clinton's Presidential inauguration |
| 34% | ERLE | 4 | He wrote about Perry and Della |
| 34% | STLUKE | 6 | He wrote of the prodigal son |
| 34% | OVID | 4 | He wrote "Venus favors the bold" |
| 34% | CSLEWIS | 7 | He wrote The Chronicles of Narnia |
| 34% | STEVEKATZ | 9 | He wrote the book Creamy & Delicious |
| 34% | KAZUOISHIGURO | 13 | British novelist who wrote 19-Across and 31-Across and was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 34% | LEROUX | 6 | He wrote The Phantom of the Opera |