| 100% | SEARLE | 6 | Ronald —, cartoonist and creator of the schoolgirls of St Trinian's |
| 44% | ORANGES | 7 | __ and lemons, say the bells of St Clement's |
| 41% | MELIA | 5 | Joe —, actor who played Flash Harry in 1980 film comedy The Wildcats of St Trinian's |
| 40% | GROENING | 8 | Cartoonist Matt __; creator of The Simpsons |
| 40% | SENNETT | 7 | Director and creator of the Keystone Cops |
| 39% | SEGA | 4 | Creator of the Genesis and Saturn |
| 39% | SEUSS | 5 | Creator of the Yooks and the Zooks |
| 39% | ORWELL | 6 | Creator of the pigs Snowball and Napoleon |
| 39% | ATARI | 5 | Creator of the games Xybots and Klax |
| 38% | DAHL | 4 | Creator of the Oompa-Loompas and the BFG |
| 38% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator/writer of the TV series "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | AESOP | 5 | Creator of "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 37% | LAUNDER | 7 | Frank —, director of five films in the St Trinian's series from 1954-80 |
| 37% | LAUNDER | 7 | Frank —, director of five films in the St Trinian's series between 1954-80 |
| 37% | JKROWLING | 9 | Creator of the currency system consisting of galleons, sickles and knuts |
| 37% | SUKENICK | 8 | Ronald, wrote Death of the Novel and Other Stories |
| 36% | CSLEWIS | 7 | Creator of Aslan and the White Witch |
| 36% | BAUM | 4 | Creator of Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion |
| 36% | JACK | 4 | ___ Barry, former game show host and creator of "The Joker's Wild" |
| 36% | ALCOTT | 6 | Creator of the characters added in 17-, 28-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 36% | KIRBY | 5 | Creator of Black Panther and the X-Men |
| 36% | MRT | 3 | Creator and star of the reality show "I Pity the Fool" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | HANNA | 5 | William ___ and Joseph Barbera, creators of the animated show "The Flintstones" |
| 36% | NYE | 3 | Simon —, creator of the ITV sitcoms Is It Legal? and Hardware |
| 36% | HENSON | 6 | Creator of Kermit the Frog and Rowlf the Dog |
| 36% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Creator of Horton the Elephant and Yertle the Turtle |
| 36% | GARTH | 5 | Creator and actress Jennie of the recently canceled "BH90210" |
| 35% | REMINI | 6 | Leah __, creator of Scientology and the Aftermath |
| 35% | PELE | 4 | Goddess of volcanoes and fire and the creator of Hawaii's islands according to Hawaiian mythology |
| 35% | NORMANLEAR | 10 | Executive producer of 32-Across and creator of the original version of the show: 2 wds. |