| 100% | KIERKEGAARD | 11 | Soren —, 19th-century Danish philosopher who authored the volumes Either/Or and Fear and Trembling |
| 33% | RAE | 3 | John —, 19th-century Scottish explorer who authored the book Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea, in 1846 and 1847 |
| 32% | JOHN | 4 | English poet who authored volumes The Rural Muse and The Village Minstrel |
| 31% | HOLMES | 6 | Mary J. ___, 19th century American author known for "Tempest and Sunshine, Or, Life in Kentucky" |
| 29% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who authored the treatise The Republic |
| 29% | KARENBLIXEN | 11 | Danish author who wrote 17-Across and 30-Across under the pen name Isak Dinesen (2 wds.) |
| 28% | PASCAL | 6 | Blaise —, 17th-century mathematician and philosopher who developed the theory of probability with Pierre de Fermat |
| 27% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who authored dialogues Laws and Republic |
| 27% | ARNOLD | 6 | Matthew —, 19th-century author of poems The Forsaken Merman and Dover Beach |
| 27% | HEIDEGGER | 9 | Martin —, German philosopher who authored 1927 work Being and Time |
| 27% | EURIPIDES | 9 | Greek tragic dramatist who authored the plays Medea and Hecuba |
| 27% | GRISHAM | 7 | Author who penned The Firm and The Client |
| 26% | DEBEAUVOIR | 10 | Simone —, French existentialist philosopher who authored 1949 work The Second Sex |
| 26% | STOWE | 5 | Author of the 19th century's best-selling novel |
| 26% | ERNEST | 6 | ___ Hemingway who authored "The Old Man and the Sea" |
| 26% | ADLER | 5 | Alfred —, Austrian psychiatrist who authored The Neurotic Character and The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology |
| 26% | ADA | 3 | ___ Lovelace, 19th century English mathematician who was regarded the first computer programmer |
| 26% | SCHILLER | 8 | Friedrich —, German poet who authored stage plays The Robbers and Maria Stuart |
| 26% | AESOP | 5 | Famed fable writer who authored "The Crow and the Pitcher" |
| 26% | SHERATON | 8 | Thomas —, furniture maker who authored The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book |
| 26% | NICCIFRENCH | 11 | Pseudonymous writing team who authored thrillers Beneath the Skin and Killing Me Softly |
| 26% | DAHL | 4 | Roald who authored "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "The Witches" |
| 26% | BALDACCI | 8 | Best-selling author David who writes the “King and Maxwell” novels |
| 25% | JOHNMONTAGUE | 12 | Author of volumes Drunken Sailor and Smashing the Piano; Ireland Chair of Poetry from 1998-2001 |
| 25% | FLEMING | 7 | Author Ian who created the villains at 15-, 20-, and 37-Across |
| 25% | JANE | 4 | ___ Austen, 19th century English author known for "Sense and Sensibility" |
| 25% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author who created James and the Giant Peach |