| 100% | LINMANUEL | 9 | Script and lyrics writer for Hamilton, __ Miranda |
| 39% | LIN | 3 | Goes before Manuel for Hamilton's Miranda |
| 38% | OBIES | 5 | 2015 awards for the writer and director of "Hamilton" |
| 37% | MDS | 3 | Script writers, for short |
| 35% | DESADE | 6 | Writer imprisoned for cruelty and debauchery |
| 35% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for "Waitress" |
| 35% | BITTERENEMIES | 13 | Hamilton and Burr, for two |
| 34% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Stephen who wrote the music and lyrics for "Sweeney Todd" |
| 34% | MARQUITA | 8 | Robinson, writer and producer for GLOW |
| 34% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway's "Waitress" |
| 34% | EARL | 4 | Chief Justice ___ Warren, majority opinion writer for 19- and 49-Across |
| 33% | DAHLS | 5 | Actress Arlene and writer Roald, for two |
| 33% | MILLIGAN | 8 | Poet and writer Spike, famous for nonsense verse |
| 33% | BELLHOOKS | 9 | Professor and writer of Feminism is for Everybody |
| 33% | NOBEL | 5 | ___ Prize (honor for scientists, writers, and peace activists) |
| 32% | SELIG | 5 | Josh ___, Daytime Emmy Award-winning writer for Sesame Street, Oobi and Wonder Pets |
| 32% | CAMPION | 7 | Jane, film director and writer known for The Piano |
| 32% | NEA | 3 | Group that provides grants for writers and painters: Abbr. |
| 31% | LIN | 3 | ___-Manuel Miranda who created the soundtracks for "Moana" and "Encanto" |
| 31% | ARP | 3 | Bill ___, pen-name for American writer and politician, Charles Smith |
| 31% | SCI | 3 | ___-fi (genre for writers N.K. Jemisin and Andy Weir) |
| 31% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | Singer/songwriter who wrote music and lyrics for the stage adaptation of "Waitress" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | ALEXANDER | 9 | "___ Hamilton," opening number for Broadway's "Hamilton" performed by Burr and others |
| 31% | JAMESBEARD | 10 | Chef and cookbook writer for whom a culinary award is named (2 wds.) |
| 31% | CFL | 3 | League for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Calgary Stampeders: abbr. |
| 31% | ANN | 3 | ___ Nocenti, journalist and writer who co-created Blackheart for Marvel Comics |
| 31% | JOELCHANDLER | 12 | US journalist and writer known for 1881 story collection Uncle Remus |
| 31% | ELEMENTSOFSTYLE | 15 | With "The," classic guide for writers, and this puzzle's theme |