| 100% | STEVEN | 6 | Psychologist Pinker who wrote "How the Mind Works" |
| 44% | ALLAN | 5 | Bloom who wrote "The Closing of the American Mind" |
| 43% | BURKE | 5 | Philosopher who wrote "Superstition is the religion of feeble minds" |
| 43% | IDA | 3 | Author Tarbell who wrote "All in the Day's Work" |
| 43% | GEORGEWILL | 10 | Political commentator who wrote "Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball" |
| 42% | SAMPRAS | 7 | Sports star who wrote the 2008 best seller "A Champion's Mind" |
| 42% | GEORGEWILL | 10 | Newspaper columnist who wrote the book "Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball" |
| 41% | RIIS | 4 | Jacob who wrote "How the Other Half Lives" |
| 41% | ENGELS | 6 | Friedrich ___, German political scientist who wrote "The Condition of the Working Class in England" |
| 40% | SEUSS | 5 | "Doctor" who wrote "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" |
| 40% | BENTHAM | 7 | Jeremy —, English philosopher who wrote 1789 work Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation |
| 40% | RIIS | 4 | Reformer Jacob who wrote "How the Other Half Lives" |
| 40% | CHUCKBARRIS | 11 | TV program creator and host who wrote the memoir "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind": 2 wds. |
| 40% | INABSENTIA | 10 | How Paul Hofmann, who worked for the NYT, was tried in Italy in 1944 |
| 38% | IVANKA | 6 | The Trump who wrote "The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life" |
| 38% | CIARDI | 6 | John who wrote the textbook "How Does a Poem Mean?" |
| 37% | LAWSON | 6 | TV personality Nigella ___ who wrote the best-seller "How to Eat" |
| 37% | INARABIC | 8 | How the Quran is written |
| 37% | ALEC | 4 | Greven who wrote the 2008 best seller "How to Talk to Girls" |
| 37% | JIMCARREY | 9 | Actor who wrote the kid's book "How Roland Rolls" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | SAEED | 5 | Poet Jones who wrote the memoir "How We Fight for Our Lives" |
| 36% | TONICADEBAMBARA | 15 | Author who wrote, “The dream is real, my friends. The failure to make it work is the unreality,” in “The Salt Eaters” |
| 36% | MCMILLAN | 8 | Terry who wrote How Stella Got Her Groove Back |
| 36% | TSELIOT | 7 | Who wrote "April is the cruellest month" |
| 36% | POETS | 5 | People who write rhyming works |
| 35% | DAVIDGRANN | 10 | American journalist who wrote "Killers of the Flower Moon," "The Wager," and the works that inspired 16-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 35% | PLATO | 5 | Philosopher who wrote the "Republic" |
| 35% | BOCCACCIO | 9 | Italian who wrote The Decameron |
| 35% | VIRGIL | 6 | Poet who wrote the Aeneid |
| 35% | LOIS | 4 | Lowry who wrote The Giver |