| 100% | MARCEAU | 7 | Marcel —, French mime artist who created the character Bip |
| 45% | MIKEWILKS | 9 | Artist who created The Ultimate Alphabet book |
| 44% | GEORGESSEURAT | 13 | Artist who created the painting hidden in this puzzle |
| 43% | BILLDANA | 8 | Comedian who created the character Jose Jimenez |
| 43% | VLADIMIRNABOKOV | 15 | Writer who created the character Vivian Darkbloom |
| 43% | TYLER | 5 | Actor Perry who created the character Madea |
| 43% | MORRELL | 7 | David, author who created the character Rambo |
| 43% | MUNCH | 5 | Edvard ___, artist who created the painting "The Scream" |
| 43% | TYLER | 5 | Actor/director Perry who created the character Madea |
| 43% | LOW | 3 | David —, cartoonist who created the character Colonel Blimp |
| 43% | LEE | 3 | Harper ___ who created the character of Atticus Finch |
| 42% | SPEIGHT | 7 | Johnny —, comedy writer who created the character Alf Garnett |
| 42% | STAN | 4 | Lee who created the character referenced in 1-Across |
| 42% | AVERY | 5 | Tex —, film cartoon director who created the character Daffy Duck |
| 40% | JONAS | 5 | Joan ___, performance artist who created the video performance "Organic Honey's Visual Telepathy" |
| 40% | JACKKIRBY | 9 | US comic book artist who co-created characters Captain America and The Hulk |
| 40% | TYLER | 5 | Actor and director Perry, who created the Madea character |
| 39% | MARCEAU | 7 | Mime who created Bip |
| 39% | JIMHENSON | 9 | The man who created the Muppets characters |
| 39% | POE | 3 | Edgar Allan ___, author who created the character of C. Auguste Dupin, a precursor to Sherlock Holmes |
| 39% | LOUISAMAYALCOTT | 15 | Author who created the characters named by the starts of 17-, 24-, 49- and 61-Across |
| 38% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Author/illustrator who created the title character of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ANTONCHEKHOV | 12 | Russian writer who created the characters played by 15-Across, 40-Across, and 45-Across in "The Seagull" |
| 38% | ELSA | 4 | Animated character who created the snowman Olaf |
| 37% | ONO | 3 | Artist Yoko who created the "Wish Tree" art installation series |
| 37% | MAXFLEISCHER | 12 | Cartoonist who created characters Koko the Clown and Betty Boop |
| 37% | SACHA | 5 | ___ Jafri, British artist who created the world's largest canvas painting that was sold for $62 million in 2021 |
| 37% | SEURAT | 6 | Artist who is the main character in "Sunday in the Park With George" |
| 36% | NELL | 4 | ___ Brinkley, female comic artist and illustrator who created the comic character "The Brinkley Girl" |
| 36% | DISNEY | 6 | Company that created the characters who develop at the starts of the starred and double-starred entries |