| 100% | TEVIS | 5 | Walter, author of The Queen's Gambit |
| 64% | BETH | 4 | Chess savant Harmon of The Queen's Gambit |
| 59% | ANYA | 4 | Taylor-Joy of “The Queen’s Gambit” |
| 58% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | Star of "The Queen's Gambit" |
| 57% | ANDERSEN | 8 | Author of The Ugly Duckling and The Snow Queen |
| 56% | TEVIS | 5 | "The Queen's Gambit" novelist Walter |
| 56% | DRABBLE | 7 | Margaret, author of The Millstone, The Red Queen |
| 56% | ANYA | 4 | Taylor-Joy of "The Queen's Gambit" |
| 55% | BETH | 4 | Chess prodigy protagonist of "The Queen's Gambit" |
| 55% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | "The Queen's Gambit" actress who plays Olga of the Birch Forest in 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 55% | BETH | 4 | ___ Harmon, protagonist of "The Queen's Gambit" |
| 53% | ENDGAME | 7 | Apt title of the last episode of The Queen's Gambit |
| 53% | ANYA | 4 | Actress Taylor-Joy of "The Queen's Gambit" |
| 53% | RAF | 3 | Some of the queen's men |
| 53% | LUSTRE | 6 | Quality of the queen's jewels? |
| 53% | WINDSORCASTLE | 13 | One of the Queen’s residences |
| 53% | ATWOOD | 6 | Author of The Handmaid's Tale |
| 52% | ANNE | 4 | "The Queen of the Damned" author Rice |
| 52% | PALACECUP | 9 | Part of the queen's tea service? |
| 52% | AUEL | 4 | Author of the "Earth's Children" series |
| 51% | BOBDOLE | 7 | Author of the memoir "One Soldier's Story" |
| 51% | AUDREY | 6 | Author of The Time Traveler's Wife, Niffenegger |
| 51% | ONO | 3 | Author of the 1964 artist's book "Grapefruit" |
| 51% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | Actress who stars in the Netflix adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel "The Queen's Gambit" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ANYA | 4 | Portrayer of Beth in “The Queen’s Gambit” |
| 51% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Author of the children's book "Superfudge": 2 wds. |
| 51% | STOWE | 5 | Author of the 19th century's best-selling novel |
| 51% | DAHL | 4 | Author of the best-selling children's book "Matilda" |
| 50% | FRANCIS | 7 | Author of "The Sport of Queens", Dick __ |
| 50% | LOISLOWRY | 9 | Author of the children's book "The Giver": 2 wds. |