| 100% | GIBRAN | 6 | His fable book (1923) was one of Elvis' favorites |
| 54% | AESOP | 5 | "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is one of his fables |
| 46% | VISHNU | 6 | Krishna is one of his avatars |
| 45% | CONSTABLE | 9 | The Cornfield was one of his paintings, John __ |
| 44% | DRSEUSS | 7 | One of his aliases was Theo. LeSieg |
| 44% | OVID | 4 | One of his lost works is "Medea" |
| 43% | UGGBOOTS | 8 | Wear that was one of "Oprah's Favorite Things" four times |
| 41% | AESOP | 5 | One of his stories is the source of the "sour grapes" idiom |
| 40% | DONALDPENN | 10 | Oakland Raiders offensive lineman who was one of the best in his position in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 40% | STAMBERG | 8 | Susan who was one of the "Founding Mothers of NPR," per a 2021 book by Lisa Napoli |
| 40% | PROMISED | 8 | "A ___ Land," 2020 memoir by Barack Obama which was one of the bestselling books of the year |
| 40% | SASHA | 5 | One of the daughters for whom the 2010 book "Of Thee I Sing" was written |
| 40% | LUCKYTOBECLIVE | 14 | How novelist Cussler felt when one of his books hit the bestseller list? |
| 39% | AMYWINEHOUSE | 12 | "Rehab" singer who was one of Tony Bennett's duet partners on his "Duets II" album: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ATOMICPILE | 10 | The first one of these was built by Fermi and his team in 1942 |
| 39% | MORAL | 5 | Message from one of Aesop's fables, such as "Beauty is only skin-deep" |
| 39% | LFRANKBAUM | 10 | Chapter I of his best-known book is ''The Cyclone'' |
| 39% | LADY | 4 | With 31-Across, "Applause" singer who was one of Tony Bennett's duet partners on his "Duets II" album |
| 38% | MARKSPITZ | 9 | His record of seven golds in one Olympics was beaten by Michael Phelps |
| 38% | NIEBUHR | 7 | “Moral Man and Immoral Society” author whom Barack Obama cited as one of his favorite philosophers |
| 38% | COHOSTED | 8 | Was one of the emcees |
| 37% | DEGAS | 5 | Painter Edgar whose last name is one letter away from being an anagram of his first name |
| 37% | COCHAIR | 7 | Be one of the lead officers |
| 37% | MICHAELBUBLE | 12 | "Haven't Met You Yet" singer who was one of Tony Bennett's duet partners on his "Duets II" album: 2 wds. |
| 36% | CHUCKBERRY | 10 | American songwriter who was one of the pioneers of Rock and Roll and was known for his song "Johnny B. Goode": 2 wds. |
| 36% | HORMONE | 7 | Testosterone is one of these |
| 36% | BOARDGAME | 9 | Monopoly is one of them |
| 36% | ANAGRAM | 7 | "sheet" is one of "these" |
| 36% | HENRYANDRIBSY | 13 | One in a series of books by 46-Across about a boy and his dog: 3 wds. |
| 36% | BRADPITT | 8 | Actor whose attendance at a pre-Oscar party was one of his first public appearances since his 2016 split with Angelina Jolie: 2 wds. |