| 100% | GEORGESAND | 10 | Pen name of the Romantic-era novelist Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin |
| 47% | LEECHILD | 8 | Pen name of the British novelist who writes the Jack Reacher novel series (2 wds.) |
| 44% | MAY | 3 | First name of the pen name that novelist and poet Eleanore Marie Sarton used |
| 42% | ABBY | 4 | Pen name of the columnist Jeanne Phillips |
| 42% | BIZET | 5 | Georges of the Romantic era |
| 41% | GEORGEELIOT | 11 | Pen name of the female author of "Silas Marner" |
| 41% | ELLISBELL | 9 | Pen name of the female author of "Wuthering Heights" |
| 41% | CHOPIN | 6 | Polish composer & pianist of the Romantic era |
| 41% | LOTI | 4 | Pen name of novelist Viaud |
| 41% | ISAKDINESEN | 11 | Pen name of the female author of "Out of Africa" |
| 41% | ISAKDINESEN | 11 | Pen name of the author of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ANDYSTACK | 9 | Pen name of the female author of True Detective stories |
| 40% | ROBERTGALBRAITH | 15 | Pen name of the female author of "The Cuckoo's Calling" |
| 40% | MARKTWAIN | 9 | Pen name of the American writer born Samuel Clemens: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ELIOT | 5 | George ___, pen name of the Victorian writer Mary Ann Evans |
| 39% | LEMONYSNICKET | 13 | Pen name of the author of "A Series of Unfortunate Events": 2 wds. |
| 39% | ELIOT | 5 | George ___, pen name of novelist Mary Ann Evans |
| 38% | ECO | 3 | "The Name of the Rose" novelist |
| 37% | ECO | 3 | "The Name of the Rose" novelist Umberto |
| 37% | TRESSELL | 8 | Robert —, pen name of the author of 1914 posthumously published novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
| 36% | GEORGEELIOT | 11 | Pen name of 18-Across, 30-Across, and "Adam Bede" novelist Mary Ann Evans (2 wds.) |
| 35% | RAND | 4 | Ayn ___ (pen name of the author of "Atlas Shrugged") |
| 35% | OHENRY | 6 | Pen name of William Sidney Porter, author of short story collections Roads of Destiny and The Four Million |
| 34% | ICEDRAGON | 9 | E.L. James wrote "Master Of The Universe" under her pen name Snowqueens ___ |
| 33% | ELIOT | 5 | George ___ (pen name of novelist Mary Ann Evans) |
| 33% | SAKI | 4 | Pen name of Munro |
| 33% | ERNIE | 5 | Name of the Muppet |
| 32% | ZOIC | 4 | Suffix in the names of many eras |
| 32% | GIBSONGIRL | 10 | Name for the personification of the feminine ideal of the 1890 to 1910 era |
| 32% | ELIA | 4 | Pen name of Charles Lamb |