| 100% | STAN | 4 | Lee who created the character referenced in 1-Across |
| 50% | ANTONCHEKHOV | 12 | Russian writer who created the characters played by 15-Across, 40-Across, and 45-Across in "The Seagull" |
| 44% | BILLDANA | 8 | Comedian who created the character Jose Jimenez |
| 44% | VLADIMIRNABOKOV | 15 | Writer who created the character Vivian Darkbloom |
| 44% | TYLER | 5 | Actor Perry who created the character Madea |
| 44% | MORRELL | 7 | David, author who created the character Rambo |
| 44% | LOUISAMAYALCOTT | 15 | Author who created the characters named by the starts of 17-, 24-, 49- and 61-Across |
| 44% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Author/illustrator who created the title character of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | TYLER | 5 | Actor/director Perry who created the character Madea |
| 44% | LOW | 3 | David —, cartoonist who created the character Colonel Blimp |
| 44% | LEE | 3 | Harper ___ who created the character of Atticus Finch |
| 43% | SPEIGHT | 7 | Johnny —, comedy writer who created the character Alf Garnett |
| 43% | MARCEAU | 7 | Marcel —, French mime artist who created the character Bip |
| 43% | AVERY | 5 | Tex —, film cartoon director who created the character Daffy Duck |
| 41% | DOCSAVAGE | 9 | Fictional character created by Lester Dent who first appeared in 1933 pulp novel The Man of Bronze |
| 41% | ELIOT | 5 | T.S. who created the cats in "Cats" |
| 41% | NELSON | 6 | Lee ___, a fictional character created by comedian Simon Brodkin who has pranked the likes of Theresa May and Kanye West |
| 41% | TYLER | 5 | Actor and director Perry, who created the Madea character |
| 40% | VITOCORLEONE | 12 | Character who has the title role in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BODDY | 5 | Mr. ___, character from the classic board game "Clue" who is played by Lee Ving in the eponymous 1985 film |
| 40% | SEUSS | 5 | "Doctor" who created "The Cat in the Hat" |
| 40% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | President who created the National Park Service in 1916: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JIMHENSON | 9 | The man who created the Muppets characters |
| 40% | LEAR | 4 | Norman who created "All in the Family" |
| 40% | POE | 3 | Edgar Allan ___, author who created the character of C. Auguste Dupin, a precursor to Sherlock Holmes |
| 39% | TORRIGIANO | 10 | Pietro —, sculptor who created the tomb of Margaret Beaufort in Westminster Abbey |
| 39% | FALSTAFF | 8 | Sir John —, character who appears in William Shakespeare plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV Pts 1 and 2 |
| 39% | RAPHAEL | 7 | Italian painter who created Madonna in the Meadow |
| 38% | GEORGESSEURAT | 13 | Artist who created the painting hidden in this puzzle |
| 38% | PATTINSON | 9 | Robert who plays the title role in 22 Across |