| 100% | DAVID | 5 | Hoyt, who co-authors 121-Across |
| 80% | JEFF | 4 | Knurek, who co-authors 121-Across |
| 48% | MINK | 4 | Patsy who co-authored Title IX |
| 48% | ERICHSEGAL | 10 | Author who co-wrote the screenplay for the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" |
| 46% | KALB | 4 | Journalist Bernard ___ who co-authored "The Last Ambassador" |
| 46% | TORRE | 5 | Baseball manager who co-authored “The Yankee Years” |
| 46% | JANE | 4 | Author Austen who created 40-Across |
| 45% | GIDE | 4 | French author who co-founded La Nouvelle Revue Française |
| 45% | ALROKER | 7 | TV personality who co-authored "The Morning Show Murders" |
| 45% | DALI | 4 | Artist who co-authored a book about his mustache |
| 45% | FARR | 4 | Jamie who co-starred with 39-Across |
| 44% | EZRAKLEIN | 9 | Co-author with Derek Thompson of 19 Across |
| 43% | RUSSELL | 7 | Jane who co-starred in three 8-Across films |
| 43% | AGEE | 4 | James who co-wrote the script for 39-Across |
| 42% | JONCRYER | 8 | "Coney Island" actor who co-stars in 5-Across : 2wds. |
| 41% | JANELLEMONAE | 12 | "Hidden Figures" actress who co-stars in 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | GIN | 3 | See 121 Across |
| 40% | JENAMALONE | 10 | "The Hunger Games" actress who co-stars in 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | PENZIAS | 7 | Physics Nobelist who co-discovered cosmic microwave background radiation, confirming 1-Across |
| 40% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | Actor who co-starred with Barbra Streisand in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | ZOEKRAVITZ | 10 | "The Batman" actress who co-wrote and directed 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | HOFFMAN | 7 | Actor Dustin who co-starred with 18-Across in "Kramer vs. Kramer" |
| 40% | BOYDMORRISON | 12 | Thriller novelist who co-wrote 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CLIVECUSSLER | 12 | Adventure novelist who co-wrote 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | JULIAWARDHOWE | 13 | 19th-century author/hymnist who advocated 20-Across |
| 40% | CARMICHAEL | 10 | Stokely who co-authored the 1967 article “Black Power,” which coined the term “institutional racism” |
| 40% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of 17 and 63 Across |
| 40% | TARAJIPHENSON | 13 | "Empire" actress who co-stars with 18-Across in 39-Across (3 wds.) |
| 40% | DALTREY | 7 | The Who co-founder |
| 39% | AXTON | 5 | Hoyt who wrote "Joy to the World" |