| 100% | GIRAUDOUX | 9 | Jean —, French writer whose plays include The Madwoman of Chaillot and Ondine |
| 42% | ANOUILH | 7 | Jean —, French author of the stage plays Antigone and Becket |
| 39% | EUGENEIONESCO | 13 | 20th-century writer of the French plays "Rhinoceros" and "The Bald Soprano": 2 wds. |
| 39% | SAMUELBECKETT | 13 | 20th-century writer of the French plays "Waiting for Godot" and "Endgame": 2 wds. |
| 38% | JEANPAULSARTRE | 14 | 20th-century writer of the French plays "No Exit" and "The Flies": 2 wds., hyph. |
| 37% | FLETCHER | 8 | John —, Jacobean dramatist whose plays include The Island Princess and The Faithful Shepherdess |
| 36% | HARTE | 5 | Bret —, US writer whose volumes include 1870's The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches |
| 35% | LOVECRAFT | 9 | H P —, science fiction and horror writer whose stories include The Case of Charles Dexter Ward |
| 34% | SARTRE | 6 | French author of the play No Exit, Jean-Paul __ |
| 34% | BAGEL | 5 | Item whose varieties include the endings of 20-, 28- and 46-Across |
| 34% | GENET | 5 | Jean —, author of stage plays The Balcony and The Maids |
| 33% | SATANISTS | 9 | Worshippers whose symbols include the inverted pentagram and the Sigil of Baphomet |
| 33% | INGRES | 6 | Jean —, French painter whose works include 1862's The Turkish Bath |
| 32% | FLECKER | 7 | James Elroy —, London-born writer whose volumes of poetry include 1913's The Golden Journey to Samarkand |
| 32% | RUDKIN | 6 | David —, playwright whose works include The Triumph of Death and The Sons of Light |
| 32% | LPGA | 4 | Group whose Players of the Year have included Lorena Ochoa and Karrie Webb: Abbr. |
| 31% | STEVENS | 7 | Wallace —, US poet whose volumes include The Auroras of Autumn and Harmonium |
| 31% | PAISIELLO | 9 | Giovanni —, Italian composer whose operas include The Barber of Seville and Proserpine |
| 31% | SHELLEY | 7 | Percy Bysshe —, poet whose works include The Masque of Anarchy and Queen Mab |
| 31% | IDRISELBA | 9 | Actor whose films include “Beasts of No Nation” and “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” |
| 31% | BOTTICELLI | 10 | Sandro —, Italian painter whose works include The Birth of Venus and Venus and Mars |
| 31% | RODIN | 5 | Auguste —, French sculptor whose works include 1889's The Burghers of Calais |
| 31% | MONAGHAN | 8 | County of the Republic of Ireland whose towns include Clones and Carrickmacross |
| 31% | GALWAY | 6 | County of the Republic of Ireland whose villages include Dunmore and Furbo |
| 31% | KILDARE | 7 | County of the Republic of Ireland whose towns include Monasterevin and Naas |
| 31% | TIPPERARY | 9 | County of the Republic of Ireland whose towns include Clonmel and Nenagh |
| 31% | RUSSELL | 7 | Astrologer and television presenter whose books include The Real Counties of Britain |
| 30% | SARTRE | 6 | French writer of 1940s and 50s |