| 100% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Nobel Prize winning scientist Albert ___ whose writings were published as a book titled "Ideas and Opinions" |
| 56% | CURIE | 5 | Two-time Nobel Prize winning scientist Marie ___ whose doctoral dissertation was published as a book titled "Radio-Active Substances" |
| 27% | OFTHEDAY | 8 | "The Remains ___," 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (birthday today) for which he won the Booker Prize and which was also adapted into a film: 3 wds. |
| 27% | IRENE | 5 | Nobel Prize winner ___ Joliot-Curie, whose parents were Nobel Prize winners Pierre and Marie Curie |
| 27% | HAWKING | 7 | Presidential Medal of Freedom winning British scientist Stephen ___ whose book "A Brief History of Time" was a record-breaking best-seller |
| 27% | IGOR | 4 | 2008 animated film whose title character is a hunchbacked scientist |
| 27% | OHM | 3 | Scientist whose name is a unit, both forward and backward |
| 27% | FRANKENSTEIN | 12 | Classic sci-fi novel whose title character is a mad scientist |
| 26% | STEPHENCOLBERT | 14 | Author of a satirical book whose title consists of five U.S. state abbreviations (and is hidden in this puzzle) |
| 26% | GANDHI | 6 | Leader who was nominated for, but never won, a Nobel Peace Prize |
| 26% | SCHOPENHAUER | 12 | Arthur —, German philosopher whose works include The World as Will and Idea |
| 26% | SUPERGIRL | 9 | TV series that stars Melissa Benoist as a comic book heroine whose secret identity is Kara Danvers |
| 26% | OAK | 3 | Tree that is the title and subject of a Katharine Towers poetry book |
| 26% | ATEAM | 5 | With “The,” show whose title group was Hannibal, Murdock, B. A., and Face |
| 26% | GLEE | 4 | TV show whose fandom name is a portmanteau of its title and “geeks” |
| 26% | RHUBARB | 7 | Plant whose leafstalks are cooked, sweetened and eaten as a dessert |
| 26% | CHEMISTRY | 9 | Nobel prize won by scientist Ernest Rutherford |
| 26% | MICHAELAGOADE | 13 | Writer and illustrator whose "Berry Song" was a 2023 Caldecott Honor Book (2 wds.) |
| 26% | WAP | 3 | 2020 song whose title is rhymed with bucket and a mop in its lyrics |
| 26% | DUDEWHERESMYCAR | 15 | 2000 stoner comedy whose title is a hint to 3-, 6-, and 9-Down |
| 26% | ICECREAM | 8 | 2020 Blackpink and Selena Gomez hit whose title is a sweet treat: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ITALS | 5 | A book title may be in it: Abbr. |
| 25% | BLONDEONBLONDE | 14 | 1966 Bob Dylan album whose title is a hint to 3-, 6-, and 9-Down |
| 25% | PEACE | 5 | Nobel Prize won by Al Gore and Barack Obama |
| 25% | ELLEN | 5 | Johnson Sirleaf who won a Nobel Peace Prize during her time as the President of Liberia |
| 25% | PINGU | 5 | Animated television series conceived by Otmar Gutmann and Harald Muecke whose title character is a penguin |
| 25% | MINDGAMES | 9 | *Song by John Lennon (1973) and Sickick (2017) whose title is a phrase meaning "psychological manipulation" |
| 25% | JENNIFERDOUDNA | 14 | Nobel Prize-winning biochemist profiled by 54-Across in a biography titled "The Code Breaker" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | MUHAMMADYUNUS | 13 | Social entrepreneur and economist who was the first Bangladeshi to win the Nobel Peace Prize: 2 wds. |
| 25% | BERNARDMALAMUD | 14 | Author whose works "The Magic Barrel" and "The Fixer" each won a National Book Award: 2 wds. |