| 100% | BINYON | 6 | Laurence —, author of 1914 poem For the Fallen |
| 46% | NIKKIGIOVANNI | 13 | Author of the poem "Allowables" |
| 45% | POE | 3 | Author of the eerie poem "The Raven" |
| 45% | CARROLL | 7 | Author of the nonsense poem Jabberwocky: Lewis __ |
| 44% | POE | 3 | Author of "The Fall of the House of Usher" |
| 44% | EDGARALLANPONY | 14 | Author of "The Fall of the Horse of Usher"? |
| 44% | NATALIEDIAZ | 11 | Author of the Pulitzer-winning collection “Postcolonial Love Poem” |
| 44% | STINE | 5 | Author of the "Fear Street" series for young readers |
| 43% | SAMUELBECKETT | 13 | Author of the absurdist play "Waiting for Godot": 2 wds. |
| 43% | MILTON | 6 | John —, author of the epic poem Paradise Lost |
| 43% | EDUCATION | 9 | Central issue for the author of 15-Across |
| 43% | BEV | 3 | Abbreviation for the first name of author Cleary |
| 43% | LONGFELLOW | 10 | Henry Wadsworth —, author of poem The Song of Hiawatha |
| 42% | POE | 3 | "The Fall of the House of Usher" author |
| 42% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | Author of the novels Nineteen Eighty-Four and Coming Up for Air |
| 42% | KEYES | 5 | Marian —, author of the novels Angels and Sushi for Beginners |
| 41% | SOPHIEHANNAH | 12 | Author of the novels A Game for All the Family and Little Face |
| 41% | MANNING | 7 | Olivia —, author of novels The Rain Forest and School for Love |
| 41% | ANTONY | 6 | The surname of the general who fell for Cleopatra |
| 41% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Empire Falls" and 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | EDGAR | 5 | Mystery award named for the author of "The Imp of the Perverse" |
| 41% | PHILLIPS | 8 | Caryl —, author of novels The Final Passage and In the Falling Snow |
| 41% | NOON | 4 | Jeff —, author of the novels Automated Alice and Falling Out Of Cars |
| 41% | ARNOLD | 6 | Matthew —, 19th-century author of poems The Forsaken Merman and Dover Beach |
| 41% | LAPPE | 5 | Frances Moore ___, author of the best-selling "Diet for a Small Planet" |
| 40% | LECARRE | 7 | Author known for the intelligence of his writing? |
| 40% | LONGFELLOW | 10 | Author of an 1841 poem that contains the line spelled out by the circled squares |
| 40% | TENNYSON | 8 | Alfred —, author of poems The Lady of Shalott and Voices in the Mist |