| 100% | MDS | 3 | Nonwriting credentials for Conan Doyle and Chekhov, informally |
| 35% | SCOT | 4 | Conan Doyle, for one |
| 34% | LATENITE | 8 | Time for Conan, informally |
| 33% | EDINBURGH | 9 | Scottish uni of A Conan Doyle and RL Stevenson |
| 33% | LOSTWORLD | 9 | Conan Doyle book about search for dinosaurs The __ |
| 31% | ADBIZ | 5 | Realm for BBDO and Leo Burnett, informally |
| 30% | SIR | 3 | ___ Arthur Conan Doyle (title for the creator of Sherlock Holmes) |
| 30% | PREK | 4 | School for 3- and 4-year-olds, informally |
| 30% | REC | 3 | ___ room (place for games and other activities), informally |
| 28% | SIR | 3 | Title for Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 27% | DORAN | 5 | George H. ___ Company (onetime publisher of Arthur Conan Doyle, P. G. Wodehouse, and Virginia Woolf) |
| 27% | BELL | 4 | Joseph ___, surgeon whom Arthur Conan Doyle cites as inspiration for the character of Sherlock Holmes |
| 27% | NAM | 3 | Setting for the war novels "The Sympathizer" and "The Women," informally |
| 27% | REC | 3 | ___ room (room for fun and activities, informally) |
| 26% | ANTON | 5 | ___ Chekhov, playwright known for his famous works like "Three Sisters" and "The Cherry Orchard" |
| 26% | BRIGADIER | 9 | __ Gerard, racehorse and Conan Doyle character |
| 25% | WATSON | 6 | Conan Doyle character |
| 25% | LESTRADE | 8 | Conan Doyle detective |
| 25% | SHERLOCK | 8 | ___ Holmes, fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle, who you may associate with 20a, 33a, 42a, 9d, and 36d |
| 24% | BIGDATING | 9 | Industry for the apps Hinge, Tinder, and Bumble, informally |
| 24% | IDS | 3 | Credentials for purchasing alcohol: Abbr. |
| 24% | DDS | 3 | Credential for an orthodontist (Abbr.) |
| 24% | IDS | 3 | Credentials, for short |
| 24% | ANTONS | 6 | Bruckner and Chekhov |
| 24% | MFA | 3 | Credential for some poets, for short |
| 23% | SIR | 3 | Arthur Conan Doyle title |
| 23% | THESHOWMESTATE | 14 | Missouri (Arthur Conan Doyle) |
| 23% | ASTUDYINSCARLET | 15 | Arthur Conan Doyle novel |
| 23% | ARTDEGREE | 9 | Credential for a painter or sculptor |
| 23% | CPA | 3 | Credential for an audit executive (Abbr.) |