| 100% | MICHAELPALMER | 13 | Novelist and former physician whose medical thrillers include "Extreme Measures" and "The Last Surgeon" (2 wds.) |
| 69% | ROBINCOOK | 9 | Novelist and former physician whose medical thrillers include "Coma" and "Vital Signs" (2 wds.) |
| 57% | TESSGERRITSEN | 13 | Novelist and former physician whose crime thrillers feature detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles (2 wds.) |
| 37% | AUDRELORDE | 10 | Poet on the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor whose poems include "Coal" and "Power": 2 wds. |
| 37% | MARYBERRY | 9 | Former "Great British Bake Off" host whose first and last names rhyme: 2 wds. |
| 36% | JEREMYRENNER | 12 | "The Avengers" actor whose last name is spelled the same forward and backward: 2 wds. |
| 36% | DARYLHANNAH | 11 | "Splash" actress whose last name is spelled the same forward and backward: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GERRYRAFFERTY | 13 | Yacht rock singer whose hits include "Baker Street" and "Right Down the Line": 2 wds. |
| 35% | DAVIDBALDACCI | 13 | Novelist and former lawyer who created the "King and Maxwell" crime series (2 wds.) |
| 35% | GEORGEMARTIN | 12 | Late musician and producer whose birthday it is on the 3rd, who was referred to as the "Fifth Beatle": 2 wds. |
| 35% | ANNPRESTON | 10 | American physician and activist who was the first female dean of a medical school in the world: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ANNAKENDRICK | 12 | "Pitch Perfect 3" star whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MIRANDAOTTO | 11 | "Lord of the Rings" actress whose last name is spelled the same forward and backward: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ERICCLAPTON | 11 | English guitarist/singer in the Yardbirds and Cream whose solo hits include "Tears in Heaven": 2 wds. |
| 35% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "On the Floor" singer whose name's first and last letters sound like "Jay-Z": 2 wds. |
| 34% | DAVIDTENNANT | 12 | 2005-2010 "Doctor Who" star whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ELLIEGOULDING | 13 | "Love Me Like You Do" singer whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JENNIFERWORTH | 13 | Former nurse whose memoirs inspired 32-Across and the character played by Jessica Raine (2 wds.) |
| 33% | CHUCKLIDDELL | 12 | Former UFC fighter - whose birthday it is today - considered one of the greatest. Has appeared in "Drillbit Taylor" and "War Pigs": 2 wds. |
| 33% | LARRYMCMURTRY | 13 | American novelist whose 1985 novel "Lonesome Dove" won the Pulitzer Prize and whose six novels were adapted into films: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JOHNGRISHAM | 11 | Bestselling novelist known for legal thrillers, including 18-Across and 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | JOHNGRISHAM | 11 | Bestselling novelist known for legal thrillers, including 18-Across and 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | MARYOLIVER | 10 | Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose poems include "The Summer Day" and "Wild Geese": 2 wds. |
| 32% | WARK | 4 | Kirsty —, television presenter whose credits include Newsnight and The Late Show |
| 32% | PAULAHAWKINS | 12 | Novelist whose "Into the Water" won a 2017 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Mystery & Thriller (2 wds.) |
| 31% | JOHNGRISHAM | 11 | Lawyer who wrote the thrillers "The Firm" and "The Pelican Brief": 2 wds. |
| 31% | MEGGARDINER | 11 | Lawyer who wrote the thrillers "China Lake" and "The Nightmare Thief": 2 wds. |
| 31% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | South Korean film director whose movies include "Okja" and "Parasite": 2 wds., hyph. |
| 31% | JULIANNEHOUGH | 13 | Former dancer and judge on "Dancing With the Stars": 2 wds. |
| 31% | GEMMACHAN | 9 | "Crazy Rich Asians" actress who voices Raya's enemy Namaari in "Raya and the Last Dragon": 2 wds. |