| 100% | LARRYMCMURTRY | 13 | Novelist and screenwriter born June 3, 1936 (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ANDERSONCOOPER | 14 | CNN journalist born June 3, 1967, who was a guest on 16-Across at age three and 36-Across at age nine (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LARRYMCMURTRY | 13 | Award-winning novelist and screenwriter who wrote 7-Down and 12-Down (2 wds.) |
| 41% | MUHAMMADALI | 11 | Boxer born Cassius Clay who died June 3, 2016: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JOSEJUANBAREA | 13 | Dallas Mavericks point guard (formerly with the Timberwolves) born June 26, 1984: 3 wds. |
| 36% | HARRYCONNICKJR | 14 | Pop and jazz singer born in New Orleans: 3 wds., abbr. |
| 36% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Novelist and illustrator who created Mrs. Tittlemouse (2 wds) |
| 35% | LOUISARMSTRONG | 14 | Jazz trumpeter and singer born in New Orleans: 2 wds. |
| 35% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | English author and screenwriter whose work "The Graveyard Book" won him the Newbery and Carnegie medals: 2 wds. |
| 33% | IANMCEWAN | 9 | 15-Across and 31-Across novelist who turns 75 on June 21, 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ROBINCOOK | 9 | Novelist and former physician whose medical thrillers include "Coma" and "Vital Signs" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | DAVIDBALDACCI | 13 | Novelist and former lawyer who created the "King and Maxwell" crime series (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ALIXEHARROW | 11 | "The Once and Future Witches" novelist (3 wds.) |
| 32% | RAYMONDFELTON | 13 | Dallas Mavericks point guard (formerly with the Knicks) born June 26, 1984: 2 wds. |
| 32% | DERONWILLIAMS | 13 | Dallas Mavericks point guard (formerly with the Nets) born June 26, 1984: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MICHAELPALMER | 13 | Novelist and former physician whose medical thrillers include "Extreme Measures" and "The Last Surgeon" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | NORMAN | 6 | With 33-Across, novelist and journalist who plays Stanford White in "Ragtime" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | JKROWLING | 9 | British novelist and creator of characters in 8a who also wrote the screenplay for "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them": 3 wds. |
| 31% | CLIVECUSSLER | 12 | Adventure novelist and underwater explorer who named hero Dirk Pitt for his son (2 wd.) |
| 31% | GENX | 4 | People born between Boomers and Millennials: 2 wds. |
| 31% | TESSGERRITSEN | 13 | Novelist and former physician whose crime thrillers feature detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles (2 wds.) |
| 31% | MILAKUNIS | 9 | "That '70s Show," 15-Across, 3-Down, and 22-Down actress born August 14, 1983 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | The Beatles and Wings singer-songwriter who was born June 18, 1942 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | NINE | 4 | 2 and 3 and 4 |
| 31% | FACTORS | 7 | 2 and 3, to 6 |
| 31% | COUNT | 5 | 3 and 2, e.g. |
| 31% | SUM | 3 | 3 for 1 and 2 |
| 31% | ONE | 3 | 2/5 and 3/5 |
| 30% | AMTS | 4 | 2 and 3 tsps., e.g. |
| 30% | AVG | 3 | 3 for 2 and 4: Abbr. |