| 100% | WRITER | 6 | Stephen King or J.K. Rowling |
| 97% | WRITER | 6 | Stephen King or J.K. Rowling, e.g. |
| 62% | SCOT | 4 | J. K. Rowling or Arthur Conan Doyle, e.g. |
| 57% | SCOT | 4 | J.K. Rowling or Captain Kidd |
| 55% | INITIAL | 7 | The J. or K. of J.K. Rowling |
| 54% | AUTHOR | 6 | Stephen King or Ellery Queen |
| 52% | NOVELIST | 8 | Stephen King or Jeffrey Archer, for one |
| 51% | SCAMANDER | 9 | Newt __, fictitious J K Rowling author |
| 50% | SCOT | 4 | J. K. Rowling, by residence |
| 49% | OBE | 3 | 2001 honor for J. K. Rowling |
| 49% | EXETER | 6 | University attended by J. K. Rowling |
| 49% | NEWT | 4 | ___ Scamander, pseudonym of J. K. Rowling |
| 49% | PENNAMES | 8 | Robert Galbraith and J. K. Rowling |
| 49% | ALIAS | 5 | Robert Galbraith, to J. K. Rowling |
| 48% | OBE | 3 | Honour for J. K. Rowling |
| 48% | CASUAL | 6 | J. K. Rowling's 2012 novel "The ___ Vacancy" |
| 47% | INITIAL | 7 | J, F or K |
| 47% | OBE | 3 | Honour given to J. K. Rowling: Abbr. |
| 47% | POTTER | 6 | Fantasy novel by J. K. Rowling, Harry __ |
| 47% | JOANNE | 6 | Author J. K. Rowling's first name |
| 46% | INIT | 4 | J., F. or K.: Abbr. |
| 46% | JOANNE | 6 | Part of J. K. Rowling's "J. K." |
| 46% | JOANNE | 6 | The "J" of J. K. Rowling |
| 45% | INITIAL | 7 | J, F, or K, for JFK |
| 44% | AGENT | 5 | J or K, in "Men in Black" |
| 44% | OBES | 4 | Awards for J. K. Rowling and P. L. Travers: Abbr. |
| 43% | HARRY | 5 | J.K. Rowling's kid |
| 42% | CASUAL | 6 | J.K. Rowling's "The ___ Vacancy" |
| 42% | OBE | 3 | Award accepted by J. K. Rowling and turned down by C. S. Lewis |
| 41% | INIT | 4 | J, F or K, e.g., in J.F.K.: Abbr. |