| 100% | LEY | 3 | Science writer, Willy ___ |
| 100% | LEY | 3 | Science writer Willy |
| 94% | LEY | 3 | Science writer, Willy |
| 87% | LEY | 3 | Science writer Willy with a namesake moon crater |
| 67% | LEY | 3 | Willy ___ (science writer) |
| 61% | LEY | 3 | Willy ___, German-American science writer |
| 60% | HUGO | 4 | Science writer Gernsback |
| 58% | LEY | 3 | Writer Willy who popularized spaceflight |
| 55% | LEY | 3 | Writer Willy of "The Conquest of Space" |
| 55% | YAKOV | 5 | ___ Perelman, prolific Russian science writer |
| 55% | YAKOV | 5 | ___ Perelman, classic Russian science writer |
| 54% | LEY | 3 | Writer Willy who wrote "The Conquest of Space" |
| 54% | LEY | 3 | "The Conquest of Space" writer Willy |
| 53% | LEM | 3 | Science fiction writer Stanislaw |
| 53% | POHL | 4 | Science fiction writer Frederik |
| 53% | BEN | 3 | Science fiction writer Bova |
| 53% | ISAAC | 5 | Science fiction writer Asimov |
| 53% | ASIMOV | 6 | Science fiction writer Isaac |
| 52% | NAA | 3 | Someswara, Indian science writer and TV presenter |
| 52% | LEY | 3 | Willy ___, pioneering writer on rocketry |
| 52% | CYRIL | 5 | Science fiction writer ___ M. Kornbluth |
| 49% | ROACH | 5 | Writer Mary who specializes in popular science |
| 49% | CLARKE | 6 | Arthur ___; English science fiction writer |
| 49% | EGAN | 4 | Australian science fiction writer Greg |
| 49% | FANTASIZE | 9 | What science fiction writers do |
| 48% | CHIANG | 6 | Science fiction writer Ted with four Hugo awards |
| 47% | CHIANG | 6 | Award-winning science fiction writer Ted |
| 46% | ROBERT | 6 | __ Heinlein, the dean of science fiction writers |
| 45% | WILLIAMGIBSON | 13 | Science fiction writer who coined the term "cyberspace": 2 wds. |
| 43% | OCTAVIAEBUTLER | 14 | First science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship |