| 100% | BORISPASTERNAK | 14 | Nobel Prize-winning author of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 74% | HAROLDPINTER | 12 | British author of "The Birthday Party" who won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature: 2 wds. |
| 74% | DORISLESSING | 12 | British author of "The Golden Notebook" who won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature: 2 wds. |
| 73% | KAZUOISHIGURO | 13 | British author of "Never Let Me Go" who won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature : 2 wds. |
| 65% | FREDRIKBACKMAN | 14 | Swedish author of 19-Across and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 61% | ISAKDINESEN | 11 | Pen name of the author of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 61% | KARENBLIXEN | 11 | Real name of the author of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | BOBDYLAN | 8 | Nobel Prize-winning singer of "Mr. Tambourine Man" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | LARRYMCMURTRY | 13 | Author of 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | STEINBECK | 9 | Nobel Prize-winning author of Of Mice and Men |
| 55% | MARYSHELLEY | 11 | Author of 19 Across |
| 53% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Award-winning author of books for kids: 2 wds. |
| 53% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Empire Falls" and 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | SHELLEYFABARES | 14 | Actress and singer who's the niece of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ELIE | 4 | ___ Wiesel, a Nobel prize winning author |
| 52% | GOLDMEDAL | 9 | Olympic prize won by Pat Summitt as coach of the 1984 US team: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ALICEMUNRO | 10 | Canadian short story author who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature: 2 wds. |
| 51% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of "Coraline": 2 wds. |
| 51% | COETZEE | 7 | South African Nobel Prize winning author: J. M. __ |
| 51% | JENNYHAN | 8 | Author of 14-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | FRANKMCCOURT | 12 | Author of 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | JULIECHRISTIE | 13 | "Shampoo" actress who played Lara in the 1965 film version of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Author of "The Shining" and 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | JAMESDASHNER | 12 | Author of 32- and 46-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ZADIESMITH | 10 | Author of "White Teeth": 2 wds. |
| 49% | DONDELILLO | 10 | Author of "White Noise": 2 wds. |
| 49% | SHIRLEYJONES | 12 | Stepmother of 19-Across who played his mother on "The Partridge Family": 2 wds. |
| 48% | JOHNSTEINBECK | 13 | Nobel Prize-winning writer born February 27, 1902, who wrote 18-Across and 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | British author of "1984" and 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | KATEMORTON | 10 | Australian author of 17- and 26-Across: 2 wds. |