| 100% | LEVI | 4 | Primo —, author of 1975 volume of short stories The Periodic Table |
| 62% | LEVI | 4 | Primo —, author of 1975’s The Periodic Table |
| 52% | BRADBURY | 8 | Ray —, author whose volumes of short stories include The Illustrated Man |
| 47% | FIRSTLOVE | 9 | & 11D 1975 volume of short stories by Ian McEwan |
| 46% | ETHAN | 5 | & 16A Best Director Oscar winner; author of 1998 volume of short stories Gates of Eden |
| 46% | COEN | 4 | Ethan —, Best Director Oscar joint-winner; author of 1998 volume of short stories Gates of Eden |
| 45% | DISASTERAREA | 12 | The —, 1967 volume of short stories by J G Ballard |
| 45% | FLYINGGOAT | 10 | The —, 1939 volume of short stories by H E Bates |
| 44% | PRICE | 5 | & 17A The —, 2009 volume of short stories by Peter Robinson |
| 44% | INNOCENCEOF | 11 | & 7D The —, 1911 volume of short stories by G K Chesterton |
| 43% | LEVI | 4 | Author Primo ___ of "The Periodic Table" ('75), named "the best science book ever" by Britain's Royal Institution |
| 42% | POE | 3 | Author of the short story "Loss of Breath" |
| 42% | SCI | 3 | Subject with the periodic table and the laws of motion, for short |
| 41% | ARTHURCCLARKE | 13 | Author of "The Sentinel," the short story on which 42-Across is based (3 wds.) |
| 40% | LEVI | 4 | “The Periodic Table” author Primo |
| 40% | LEVI | 4 | "The Periodic Table" author Primo |
| 40% | LEVI | 4 | "The Periodic Table" author Primo ___ |
| 40% | LEVI | 4 | "The Periodic Table" author Primo __ |
| 40% | KARENRUSSELL | 12 | Author of the short-story collection "Orange World and Other Stories": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ORR | 3 | Author of the short story on which All About Eve was based, Mary ___ |
| 40% | HORNUNG | 7 | E W —, author of 1899 short story collection The Amateur Cracksman |
| 40% | DANRHODES | 9 | Author of 2001 short story collection Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love |
| 39% | JACOBS | 6 | W W —, English author of 1902 short story collection The Lady of the Barge |
| 38% | CHIANG | 6 | Ted ___, author of the best-selling short-story collection "Exhalation" |
| 38% | RUNYON | 6 | Damon —, author of the short story collections More Than Somewhat, Furthermore and Take It Easy |
| 38% | ELEMENT | 7 | One of 118 on the periodic table |
| 38% | ARGON | 5 | Neighbor of krypton on the periodic table |
| 38% | ARGON | 5 | Neighbor of chlorine on the periodic table |