| 100% | DANTEAN | 7 | Reminiscent of work by the 14th-century author of "Inferno" |
| 55% | LIGHTGREENE | 11 | Less serious works by the author of "Brighton Rock"? |
| 48% | DARWIN | 6 | Charles —, author of 1859 scientific work On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection |
| 46% | HUBBARD | 7 | Lafayette Ronald ___, American author who holds the Guiness record of "Most Published works by one author" with 1084 books |
| 45% | IBN | 3 | __ Battuta, Muslim explorer of the 14th century |
| 45% | ALGIERS | 7 | The Women of __, works by Picasso and Delacroix |
| 44% | AIDA | 4 | Work commissioned by the khedive of Egypt |
| 44% | BROW | 4 | By the sweat of your __; with hard work |
| 44% | EZRA | 4 | Author of the Books of Chronicles, by tradition |
| 43% | SILMARILLION | 12 | The —, collection of works by J R R Tolkien published posthumously in 1977 |
| 43% | TUT | 3 | Egypt's "Boy King" of the 14th century BC, for short |
| 43% | STOWE | 5 | Author of the 19th century's best-selling novel |
| 43% | ADORATION | 9 | The __ of the Magi, unfinished work by da Vinci |
| 43% | JOHNGAY | 7 | Author of 1728 stage work The Beggar's Opera |
| 43% | SNOWED | 6 | __ under, overwhelmed by the amount of work |
| 43% | ANDYWEIRPIECE | 13 | Essay by the author of "The Martian"? |
| 42% | ARISTOTLE | 9 | "On the Soul" author of the 4th century B.C. |
| 42% | THEFLAMINGHOTEL | 15 | Working title of The Towering Inferno? |
| 42% | HAINES | 6 | George ___, voted "Coach of the Century" by the International Swimming Hall of Fame |
| 42% | ENGELS | 6 | Author of "The Condition of the Working Class in England," 1845 |
| 42% | OED | 3 | Work begun in 1857 by the Philological Society of London (abbr.) |
| 42% | OMERTA | 6 | Final novel by the author of ''the great 'GF''' |
| 42% | BLUMEDOLPHIN | 12 | Mammal that's trained by the author of "Superfudge"? |
| 42% | LUCA | 4 | 2021 Pixar film influenced by the work of Fellini |
| 41% | WOLFE | 5 | Author of the 1968 work named in the circled letters (reading clockwise) |
| 41% | HARRIETBEECHERSTOWE | 19 | Author of the century's best-selling novel (published 3/20/1852) |
| 41% | GAY | 3 | John —, author of 1728 stage work The Beggar's Opera |
| 41% | WEISS | 5 | Peter —, author of stage works The Investigation and Marat/Sade |
| 41% | ATHOS | 5 | One of the Three Musketeers in works by Alexandre Dumas |
| 41% | ILIAD | 5 | Work hinted at by the starts of 17-, 26-, 42- and 56-Across |