| 100% | ARCHER | 6 | Jeffrey ___, "Kane and Abel" author whose last name sounds like someone who is good with a bow and arrow |
| 46% | COOK | 4 | Tim ___, CEO of Apple whose last name sounds like someone who can prepare a feast |
| 42% | FISHER | 6 | Carrie ___, Princess Leia portrayer whose last name sounds like someone who catches tuna |
| 41% | MASON | 5 | Perry ___, fictional lawyer-detective whose last name sounds like someone who may build buildings |
| 41% | TAYLOR | 6 | Anya ___-Joy, "The Queen's Gambit" actress whose last name sounds like someone who alters clothes |
| 40% | VIRGINIAWOOLF | 13 | "Mrs. Dalloway" author whose last name sounds like a howling animal: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WALZ | 4 | Politician whose last name sounds like 1-Down (and not like a dance!) |
| 37% | EMINEM | 6 | "My name sounds like candy, and I'm a famous rapper. Who am I?" |
| 35% | ARCHERS | 7 | People who shoot with a bow and arrow |
| 34% | JAMIEFOXX | 9 | "Ray" star whose last name sounds like a crafty animal: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JCCHASEZ | 8 | "It's Gonna Be Me" singer in N Sync whose name's first and last letters sound like "Jay-Z": 2 wds. |
| 34% | FUNNY | 5 | Like someone who cracks good jokes, also a word used with "bone" |
| 33% | ARCHER | 6 | A person who shoots with bow and arrows |
| 33% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 33% | RUBYDEE | 7 | "Do the Right Thing" actress whose last name sounds like a letter of the alphabet: 2 wds. |
| 33% | RITAMAEBROWN | 12 | "Rubyfruit Jungle" author whose last name is a Rhode Island university: 3 wds. |
| 33% | ADDER | 5 | Snake whose name makes it sound like it'd be good at math |
| 33% | SAMANTHABEE | 11 | Host of TBS's "Full Frontal" whose last name sounds like a letter of the alphabet: 2 wds. |
| 32% | WOOLF | 5 | Author whose name sounds like a canine |
| 32% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic with the line "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" |
| 32% | THORA | 5 | With 33-Across, "Ghost World" actress whose last name is a tree |
| 32% | SHOWY | 5 | A word used to describe someone who is flamboyant and theatrical (rhymes with "snowy") |
| 31% | SAULBELLOW | 10 | "Herzog" author and Nobel Prize winner who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BOTH | 4 | "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was ___," famous last line of "Charlotte's Web" |
| 31% | XZIBIT | 6 | Rapper with an MTV show … whose name sounds like a word meaning "show" |
| 31% | HELEN | 5 | With 25 Across, author whose best-known character is named Jones |
| 31% | HENRY | 5 | With 25 Across, author whose best-known character is named Jones |
| 31% | NMI | 3 | Abbr. for someone with just a first and last name |
| 31% | NMI | 3 | Abbr. for someone with only a first and last name |
| 31% | MAYO | 4 | Jerod ___, NFL coach and former linebacker whose last name is a creamy condiment often found spread on a BLT |