| 100% | HARRYKEMELMAN | 13 | Novelist who wrote "Friday the Rabbi Slept Late," a murder mystery set in a Jewish community in Massachusetts (2 wds.) |
| 67% | MICHAELCHABON | 13 | Novelist who wrote "The Yiddish Policemen's Union," a murder mystery set in a Jewish community in Alaska (2 wds.) |
| 67% | FAYEKELLERMAN | 13 | Novelist who wrote "The Ritual Bath," a murder mystery set in a Jewish community in California (2 wds.) |
| 39% | MIRANDAJAMES | 12 | Novelist who writes the Cat in the Stacks mystery series (2 wds.) |
| 35% | SELENAGOMEZ | 11 | "Only Murders in the Building" actress who received a kidney transplant in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JIMMYKIMMEL | 11 | ABC late-night host who wears a suit and tie in the "Happy" video: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LADYANTEBELLUM | 14 | "American Honey" group who wrote a song in "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical": 2 wds. |
| 34% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | "Ocean's 8" actress who plays a novelist kidnapped in the jungle in "The Lost City": 2 wds. |
| 34% | JOHNLEGEND | 10 | "All of Me" singer who wrote a song in "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical": 2 wds. |
| 34% | MARTINAHINGIS | 13 | Woman who won the Australian Open and US Open in 1997 without losing a set: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SHERMANALEXIE | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 2007's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian": 2 wds. |
| 33% | ANGELALANSBURY | 14 | "Murder, She Wrote" actress who was made a Dame in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 33% | BARTOLOCOLON | 12 | Dominican pitcher who, last August, set the record for most wins by a Latin American pitcher with 246: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MARKWAHLBERG | 12 | "The Fighter" actor who cofounded a burger chain in Massachusetts that has about 50 locations: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SUGARCOOKIE | 11 | Simple dessert in the title of a Joanne Fluke murder mystery featuring amateur sleuth and baker Hannah Swensen (2 wds.) |
| 32% | KAZUOISHIGURO | 13 | British novelist who wrote 19-Across and 31-Across and was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 32% | RUTHWARE | 8 | British novelist who wrote the bestsellers "The Woman in Cabin 10," 15-Across, and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | OLIVIACOOKE | 11 | "Ready Player One" actress who plays the pregnant girlfriend of a murdered man in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | TIFFANYHADDISH | 14 | "The Last O.G." actress who won a Grammy for Best Comedy Album in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | "Gandhi" actor who plays a retired psychiatrist in "The Thursday Murder Club": 2 wds. |
| 32% | ANNERICE | 8 | "Tasty" novelist who wrote the "Vampire Chronicles" series: 2 wds. |
| 32% | HELENMIRREN | 11 | "The Queen" actress who plays a retired intelligence agent in "The Thursday Murder Club": 2 wds. |
| 32% | TANAFRENCH | 10 | Irish novelist who wrote "In the Woods," "The Witch Elm," and "The Hunter" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | INGRIDBERGMAN | 13 | "Casablanca" actress who played a Swedish missionary in "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 32% | CONNORMCDAVID | 13 | Oilers center who in April 2024 became the fourth player with a 100-assist season (Nikita Kucherov was fifth, two days later): 2 wds. |
| 31% | SYLVIAPLATH | 11 | American poet and novelist who won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for "The Collected Poems" in 1982: 2 wds. |
| 31% | WEDDINGCAKE | 11 | Elaborate dessert in the title of a Joanne Fluke murder mystery featuring Hannah Swensen (2 wds.) |
| 31% | PIERCEBROSNAN | 13 | "Mamma Mia!" actor who plays a retired union activist in "The Thursday Murder Club": 2 wds. |
| 31% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Novelist who wrote the Y.A. bestsellers 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Novelist who wrote "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" and the other three frequently banned books in this puzzle (2 wds.) |