| 100% | REMINI | 6 | Leah __, creator of Scientology and the Aftermath |
| 57% | LEAH | 4 | "___ Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath" |
| 56% | LEAH | 4 | "___ Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath" (documentary series) |
| 55% | LEAH | 4 | "___ Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath" (A&E docuseries) |
| 54% | CSLEWIS | 7 | Creator of Aslan and the White Witch |
| 54% | BAUM | 4 | Creator of Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion |
| 54% | LEAH | 4 | "___ Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath" (A&E documentary series) |
| 52% | SEGA | 4 | Creator of the Genesis and Saturn |
| 51% | SEUSS | 5 | Creator of the Yooks and the Zooks |
| 51% | AESOP | 5 | Creator of "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 51% | ORWELL | 6 | Creator of the pigs Snowball and Napoleon |
| 51% | ATARI | 5 | Creator of the games Xybots and Klax |
| 50% | DAHL | 4 | Creator of the Oompa-Loompas and the BFG |
| 50% | KIRBY | 5 | Creator of Black Panther and the X-Men |
| 50% | HENSON | 6 | Creator of Kermit the Frog and Rowlf the Dog |
| 50% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Creator of Horton the Elephant and Yertle the Turtle |
| 48% | JKROWLING | 9 | Creator of the currency system consisting of galleons, sickles and knuts |
| 48% | ALCOTT | 6 | Creator of the characters added in 17-, 28-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 47% | NYE | 3 | Simon —, creator of the ITV sitcoms Is It Legal? and Hardware |
| 47% | GARTH | 5 | Creator and actress Jennie of the recently canceled "BH90210" |
| 46% | ISSARAE | 7 | The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl creator and star |
| 45% | LEAH | 4 | ___ Remini, the author of "Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology" |
| 45% | SENNETT | 7 | Director and creator of the Keystone Cops |
| 45% | LENAWAITHE | 10 | Creator/writer of the TV series "The Chi" and "Boomerang" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | MRT | 3 | Creator and star of the reality show "I Pity the Fool" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator/writer of the TV series "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LEAH | 4 | First name on the cover of Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology |
| 42% | DARK | 4 | With 37-Across, fall of Rome aftermath, and a hint to the puzzle theme |
| 42% | ROSSBAGDASARIAN | 15 | Real name of David Seville, creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks |
| 41% | LORNEMICHAELS | 13 | TV producer, writer and comedian, who is the creator and producer of SNL: 2 wds. |