| 100% | OZEKI | 5 | Ruth ___, author of "A Tale for the Time Being" and "The Book of Form and Emptiness" |
| 65% | OZEKI | 5 | Ruth, writer of A Tale For The Time Being |
| 44% | LYNNECHENEY | 11 | Author of the children's book "A Is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women" |
| 44% | SHOUT | 5 | Author and journalist Philip Norman's first book which is considered a biography of The Beatles |
| 44% | JEREMIAH | 8 | Hebrew prophet and author of a Book of the Bible |
| 43% | ROWLING | 7 | Best-selling author who was a runner-up for Time's 2007 Person of the Year |
| 42% | BONO | 4 | I am a member of U2 and was named one of the Time Persons of the Year in 2005 for my philanthropic efforts |
| 42% | BRAGG | 5 | Melvyn —, author of novels Crystal Rooms and Now is the Time |
| 42% | ESTHER | 6 | Books of the Bible named for women: Ruth and __ |
| 41% | EPS | 3 | The Time of Our Lives and She Is Coming, for Miley Cyrus |
| 40% | SOPHIEHANNAH | 12 | Author of the novels A Game for All the Family and Little Face |
| 40% | ANORA | 5 | 2024 film for which the author of Modern Whore was a consultant |
| 39% | OAK | 3 | Tree that is the title and subject of a Katharine Towers poetry book |
| 39% | TAN | 3 | Color of skin that has been in the sun for a long time |
| 39% | OUTER | 5 | ___ Space, place for satellites and the ISS that is also a shade of black |
| 39% | TONGUETIED | 10 | At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? |
| 39% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for "Hell of a Book": 2 wds. |
| 39% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BLAKE | 5 | William —, English author of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and The Book of Los |
| 39% | DONLEAVY | 8 | J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters |
| 39% | UNTO | 4 | "For ___ us a child is born" (line from the Book of Isaiah) |
| 39% | FROSTBITE | 9 | Hazard of being outside in the cold for a long time |
| 39% | TEMP | 4 | Person filling in a job for the time being, for short |
| 38% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Author of the book that Times readers voted the best of the last hundred and twenty-five years |
| 38% | KEBLE | 5 | John —, a leader of the Oxford Movement and author of book of poems The Christian Year |
| 38% | BRYSON | 6 | Bill —, author of books A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods |
| 38% | TORO | 4 | Brand of lawn mowers and snow blowers that is also the Spanish word for a "bull" |
| 38% | WARTS | 5 | Bumps that are often seen on toads and also a feature of Shrek's anatomy as an ogre in the book |
| 38% | THEORIES | 8 | "Sandy died at the beginning of Grease" and "Ferris Bueller is a figment of Cameron's imagination," for example |