| 100% | BLAKE | 5 | William —, English author of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and The Book of Los |
| 43% | HAZLITT | 7 | William —, English essayist and critic; author of 1825 collection The Spirit of the Age |
| 42% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | English author of "Stardust," "American Gods" and "The Graveyard Book" |
| 39% | ASSANGE | 7 | Author of the 2012 book "Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet" |
| 38% | ANSTEY | 6 | F —, English author of novels The Tinted Venus and Vice Versa |
| 38% | ANSTEY | 6 | F —, English author of the novels The Tinted Venus and Vice Versa |
| 38% | ANSTEY | 6 | F -, English author of the novels The Tinted Venus and Vice Versa |
| 38% | SPOCK | 5 | Benjamin —, author of The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care |
| 38% | FAULKNER | 8 | William __, U.S. author of The Sound and the Fury |
| 38% | BURROUGHS | 9 | William —, author of novels The Soft Machine and Nova Express |
| 38% | ALANGARNER | 10 | Author of children's books Elidor and The Moon of Gomrath |
| 37% | LAYAMON | 7 | 12th-century English poet and author of The Brut |
| 37% | TANYATAGAQ | 10 | Throat singer and author of the book “Split Tooth” |
| 37% | JEREMIAH | 8 | Hebrew prophet and author of a Book of the Bible |
| 37% | TREVOR | 6 | William —, author of novels Felicia's Journey and The Story of Lucy Gault |
| 37% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of the children's book "James and the Giant Peach": 2 wds. |
| 37% | SEUSS | 5 | Author of the books quoted at 17-, 29-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 36% | OZEKI | 5 | Ruth ___, author of "A Tale for the Time Being" and "The Book of Form and Emptiness" |
| 36% | TREVOR | 6 | William —, author of the novels Felicia's Journey and The Story of Lucy Gault |
| 36% | JARED | 5 | ___ Diamond, author of the 1998 Pulitzer-winning book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" |
| 36% | DALECARNEGIE | 12 | Author of the self-help book "How to Win Friends and Influence People": 2 wds. |
| 36% | DAWKINS | 7 | Richard —, Kenya-born author of books The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion |
| 36% | BUCKERIDGE | 10 | Anthony —, author of the Jennings and Rex Milligan series of children's books |
| 36% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 36% | OHENRY | 6 | Pen name of William Sidney Porter, author of short story collections Roads of Destiny and The Four Million |
| 36% | ONLY | 4 | & 19D The —, 1978 Nell Dunn novel subtitled A Simple Story of Heaven and Hell |
| 36% | ETTY | 4 | William —, English painter whose works include The Golden Age and The Judgement of Paris |
| 35% | STEINBECK | 9 | Author of The Grapes of Wrath and Cannery Row |
| 35% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Author of the book that Times readers voted the best of the last hundred and twenty-five years |
| 35% | LEQUEUX | 7 | William —, London-born author of novels The House of Whispers and The Four Faces |