| 100% | ANAIS | 5 | Nin whose seventh diary volume was published posthumously |
| 38% | PERSUASION | 10 | Jane Austen novel published posthumously in 1817 whose protagonist is Anne Elliot |
| 37% | SPINOZA | 7 | Baruch —, Dutch philosopher whose Ethics was posthumously published in 1677 |
| 31% | ELLISON | 7 | National Medal of Arts recipient whose novel "Juneteenth" was published posthumously |
| 30% | PROFESSOR | 9 | "The ___," Charlotte Bronte's first novel about a teacher, which was published posthumously |
| 29% | CROSSMAN | 8 | Richard —, Secretary of State for Social Services from 1968-70 whose volumes Diaries of a Cabinet Minister were published posthumously in 1975 |
| 28% | OMERTA | 6 | Mario Puzo novel that was posthumously published in 2000 |
| 28% | NINE | 4 | ___ Inch Nails (rock band whose website is nin.com) |
| 28% | RONDELET | 8 | Poem whose first, third and seventh lines are identical |
| 27% | COREN | 5 | Alan —, British satirist whose published volumes include Golfing for Cats |
| 26% | BEETON | 6 | Isabella —, cook whose Book of Household Management was first published in 1861 |
| 26% | MAPLELEAFRAG | 12 | Scott Joplin piano composition whose sheet music was first published in 1899 |
| 26% | ANNEFRANK | 9 | Writer whose account was first published as “Het Achterhuis” (“The Secret Annex”) |
| 26% | BEATLESCATALOG | 14 | Lennon-McCartney collection whose publishing rights were once owned by Michael Jackson |
| 26% | CYLINDER | 8 | Solid whose volume is pi times radius squared times height |
| 25% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author whose first novel was anonymously published under the byline “By a Lady” |
| 25% | UNCLEVANYA | 10 | Anton Chekhov play published in 1897 whose title character is Ivan Petrovich Voynitsky |
| 25% | UNCLE | 5 | Anton Chekhov play published in 1897 whose title character is Ivan Petrovich Voynitsky |
| 25% | RAN | 3 | Was published |
| 25% | APPEAR | 6 | Be published |
| 25% | THEREDPONY | 10 | 1937 volume of four stories by John Steinbeck whose central character is Jody Tiflin |
| 24% | ARIANAGRANDE | 12 | 17-Across and 39-Across singer-songwriter whose seventh studio album, "Eternal Sunshine," was released in 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 24% | HOPI | 4 | Language whose first dictionary was published in 1998 |
| 24% | MARGARET | 8 | American novelist ___ Mitchell whose only novel published during her lifetime was "Gone with the Wind" |
| 24% | STAPLETON | 9 | Grammy winner Chris whose album "From a Room: Volume 2" was released on December 1 |
| 24% | ANNE | 4 | ___ Frank, whose diary describing her experience during World War II is read to this day |
| 24% | CAME | 4 | Was published, with ''out'' |
| 24% | DYLAN | 5 | Songwriter Bob whose memoir "Chronicles" was published in 2004 |