| 100% | ANGER | 5 | Kenneth —, US filmaker and author whose books include 1959's Hollywood Babylon |
| 44% | BLAKE | 5 | Quentin —, illustrator and author whose books include 1999’s Fantastic Daisy Artichoke |
| 41% | ANSEL | 5 | US photographer whose books include 1944's Born Free and Equal |
| 33% | BRIGGS | 6 | Raymond —, author and illustrator whose books include When the Wind Blows and The Snowman |
| 33% | BLUME | 5 | Judy —, US author whose novels include Wifey and Summer Sisters |
| 33% | KEN | 3 | Jennings whose books include "Maphead" and "Brainiac" |
| 32% | STEPHENCOLBERT | 14 | Author of a satirical book whose title consists of five U.S. state abbreviations (and is hidden in this puzzle) |
| 31% | JACQUELINE | 10 | Children's author whose novels include Love Lessons and Candyfloss |
| 31% | PHILIPROTH | 10 | Author whose works "Goodbye, Columbus" and "Sabbath's Theater" each won a National Book Award: 2 wds. |
| 31% | HARRISON | 8 | Harry —, US author whose novels include Bill, the Galactic Hero and Make Room! Make Room! |
| 31% | COHN | 4 | Nik —, rock music journalist whose books include Need and King Death |
| 31% | DAVEEGGERS | 10 | Author whose children's book "The Eyes and the Impossible" won the Newbery Medal in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 30% | MIKE | 4 | & 5D Television impressionist whose books include 1974 autobiography And This Is Me |
| 30% | HAWKING | 7 | Stephen —, British theoretical physicist whose books include The Nature of Space and Time |
| 29% | MARTINSHEEN | 11 | Actor whose roles have included both a fictional and a real-life U.S. president |
| 29% | LPGA | 4 | Group whose major events include the U.S. Women's Open and the Evian Championship: Abbr. |
| 28% | SACKS | 5 | Oliver —, late British neurologist whose books include 1985's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales |
| 28% | MORSE | 5 | Samuel —, US inventor and painter whose works include 1830's The Chapel of the Virgin at Subiaco |
| 28% | TOMMANGOLD | 10 | Broadcaster, journalist and author whose credits include BBC TV series Midweek and Panorama |
| 27% | JEFFKOONS | 9 | US artist whose sculptures include Rabbit and Puppy |
| 27% | WHITSTILLMAN | 12 | US director whose films include Barcelona and Metropolitan |
| 27% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | US state whose cities include Tulsa and Norman |
| 27% | BERNARDMALAMUD | 14 | Author whose works "The Magic Barrel" and "The Fixer" each won a National Book Award: 2 wds. |
| 27% | FENDER | 6 | Leo —, US inventor whose guitar designs include the Stratocaster and Telecaster |
| 27% | OFLAHERTY | 9 | Liam —, author whose novels include Famine and The Informer |
| 27% | JESMYNWARD | 10 | Author whose novels "Salvage the Bones" and "Sing, Unburied, Sing" each won a National Book Award: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BONJOVI | 7 | US rock group whose UK no 1 albums include New Jersey and These Days |
| 27% | KEITHHARING | 11 | US muralist and graffiti artist whose works include 1989 sculpture Figure Balancing on Dog |
| 27% | EDWARD | 6 | & 9D US writer and artist whose works include 1963 volume The Gashlycrumb Tinies |