| 100% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Novelist who created Ralph S. Mouse (2 wds.) |
| 67% | KATEDICAMILLO | 13 | Novelist who created the mouse Despereaux (2 wds.) |
| 53% | CRAIGJOHNSON | 12 | 29-Across novelist who created 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | JEFFERYDEAVER | 13 | "The Bone Collector" mystery novelist who created 18-Across and 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | AGATHACHRISTIE | 14 | British novelist who created the fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple (2 wds.) |
| 49% | TYRABANKS | 9 | Supermodel who created "America's Next Top Model": 2 wds. |
| 48% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Kid-lit writer who created Ramona Quimby and Runaway Ralph (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ISSARAE | 7 | Actress who created and starred in HBO's "Insecure" as Ms. Dee: 2 wds. |
| 47% | AVADUVERNAY | 11 | "Selma" director who created "Queen Sugar": 2 wds. |
| 47% | VICTORHUGO | 10 | French novelist who wrote "Les Misérables": 2 wds. |
| 46% | RICHARDSERRA | 12 | American sculptor (1938-2024) who created "Tilted Arc" for Manhattan's Federal Plaza: 2 wds. |
| 46% | LOUISEERDRICH | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 2012's "The Round House": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ADEXEC | 6 | Bigwig who creates commercials, for short: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MORTWALKER | 10 | Cartoonist who created "Beetle Bailey": 2 wds. |
| 46% | SCOTTADAMS | 10 | Cartoonist who created "Dilbert": 2 wds. |
| 45% | PABLOPICASSO | 12 | Spanish artist (1881-1973) who created a giant untitled sculpture for Chicago's Daley Plaza: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Novelist and illustrator who created Mrs. Tittlemouse (2 wds) |
| 45% | CHARLESSCHULZ | 13 | Comic strip artist who created 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Writer who created Peter Rabbit and Cotton-tail: 2 wds. |
| 44% | TWYLATHARP | 10 | Choreographer who created the jukebox musical "Movin' Out": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ANNERICE | 8 | "Tasty" novelist who wrote the "Vampire Chronicles" series: 2 wds. |
| 43% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | President who created the National Park Service in 1916: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ALEXANDREDUMAS | 14 | French novelist who wrote "The Three Musketeers": 2 wds. |
| 43% | THOMASPYNCHON | 13 | Novelist who received a National Book Award for "Gravity's Rainbow": 2 wds. |
| 43% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Author/illustrator who created the title character of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Writer who created the White Rabbit and the March Hare: 2 wds. |
| 43% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | Fantasy novelist who wrote "American Gods" and "The Graveyard Book": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JULESVERNE | 10 | French novelist who wrote "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea": 2 wds. |
| 42% | SHERMANALEXIE | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 2007's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian": 2 wds. |
| 42% | BARBARAWALTERS | 14 | Journalist who created "The View" and cohosted from 1997 to 2014: 2 wds. |