| 100% | CANIFF | 6 | Terry and the Pirates creator |
| 50% | PROS | 4 | The Pirates and the Buccaneers, e.g. |
| 47% | SEGA | 4 | Creator of the Genesis and Saturn |
| 46% | ORWELL | 6 | Creator of the pigs Snowball and Napoleon |
| 46% | ATARI | 5 | Creator of the games Xybots and Klax |
| 46% | BELLINI | 7 | Vincenzo —, Italian composer of operas Zaira, The Pirate and Norma |
| 45% | GOONIES | 7 | The __, Spielberg's movie with kids and pirates |
| 45% | BRONSON | 7 | Arroyo who pitched for the Pirates, Red Sox, Reds and Diamondbacks |
| 45% | HENSON | 6 | Creator of Kermit the Frog and Rowlf the Dog |
| 45% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Creator of Horton the Elephant and Yertle the Turtle |
| 45% | GARTH | 5 | Creator and actress Jennie of the recently canceled "BH90210" |
| 44% | TERRY | 5 | "___ and the Pirates," adventure comic strip by Milton Caniff which follows a young American boy in China |
| 44% | RIDES | 5 | Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean |
| 44% | SENNETT | 7 | Director and creator of the Keystone Cops |
| 44% | KAKAMORA | 8 | The tiny tribe of pirates met by Moana and Maui |
| 44% | ISSARAE | 7 | The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl creator and star |
| 43% | SETTO | 5 | The Reds and the Pirates had a big one on July 30, 2019 |
| 43% | JKROWLING | 9 | Creator of the currency system consisting of galleons, sickles and knuts |
| 42% | CSLEWIS | 7 | Creator of Aslan and the White Witch |
| 42% | BAUM | 4 | Creator of Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion |
| 42% | MONTY | 5 | "___ Python and the Holy Grail," 1975 comedy movie starring John Cleese and Terry Gilliam |
| 42% | LENAWAITHE | 10 | Creator/writer of the TV series "The Chi" and "Boomerang" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ALCOTT | 6 | Creator of the characters added in 17-, 28-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 42% | ODDFUTURE | 9 | Collective that once included Frank Ocean and Tyler, the Creator |
| 41% | MRT | 3 | Creator and star of the reality show "I Pity the Fool" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator/writer of the TV series "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | NYE | 3 | Simon —, creator of the ITV sitcoms Is It Legal? and Hardware |
| 41% | SEARLE | 6 | Ronald —, cartoonist and creator of the schoolgirls of St Trinian's |
| 41% | SEUSS | 5 | Creator of the Yooks and the Zooks |
| 41% | AESOP | 5 | Creator of "The Tortoise and the Hare" |