| 100% | JIMHENSON | 9 | The man who created the Muppets characters |
| 62% | JIMHENSON | 9 | The American puppeteer who created The Muppets |
| 62% | JIM | 3 | Henson who created the Muppets |
| 62% | HENSON | 6 | Jim who created the Muppets |
| 60% | DOCSAVAGE | 9 | Fictional character created by Lester Dent who first appeared in 1933 pulp novel The Man of Bronze |
| 59% | TYLER | 5 | Actor and director Perry, who created the Madea character |
| 57% | BILLDANA | 8 | Comedian who created the character Jose Jimenez |
| 57% | VLADIMIRNABOKOV | 15 | Writer who created the character Vivian Darkbloom |
| 57% | TYLER | 5 | Actor Perry who created the character Madea |
| 57% | MORRELL | 7 | David, author who created the character Rambo |
| 57% | ELSA | 4 | Animated character who created the snowman Olaf |
| 57% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Author/illustrator who created the title character of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | TYLER | 5 | Actor/director Perry who created the character Madea |
| 57% | LOW | 3 | David —, cartoonist who created the character Colonel Blimp |
| 57% | LEE | 3 | Harper ___ who created the character of Atticus Finch |
| 56% | SPEIGHT | 7 | Johnny —, comedy writer who created the character Alf Garnett |
| 56% | STAN | 4 | Lee who created the character referenced in 1-Across |
| 56% | MARCEAU | 7 | Marcel —, French mime artist who created the character Bip |
| 56% | DON | 3 | Draper who's the main character of "Mad Men" |
| 56% | DON | 3 | Draper who's the main character on "Mad Men" |
| 56% | NELL | 4 | ___ Brinkley, female comic artist and illustrator who created the comic character "The Brinkley Girl" |
| 55% | AVERY | 5 | Tex —, film cartoon director who created the character Daffy Duck |
| 52% | MAXFLEISCHER | 12 | Cartoonist who created characters Koko the Clown and Betty Boop |
| 52% | DONDRAPER | 9 | Mad Men character who made the finale's Coke ad |
| 51% | LOUISAMAYALCOTT | 15 | Author who created the characters named by the starts of 17-, 24-, 49- and 61-Across |
| 51% | POE | 3 | Edgar Allan ___, author who created the character of C. Auguste Dupin, a precursor to Sherlock Holmes |
| 51% | KERMIT | 6 | ___ the Frog, iconic "The Muppet Show" character who also features on "Sesame Street" |
| 51% | BEAKER | 6 | "The Muppet Show" character who is the shy assistant of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew |
| 50% | TEVYE | 5 | Fiddler on the Roof character who sings "If I Were a Rich Man" |
| 49% | ANTONCHEKHOV | 12 | Russian writer who created the characters played by 15-Across, 40-Across, and 45-Across in "The Seagull" |