| 100% | STAN | 4 | With 34-Down, co-creator of Scarlet Witch |
| 57% | SHONDA | 6 | With 34-Across, creator of "Scandal" |
| 54% | SHONDA | 6 | With 34-Across, creator and producer of "Grey's Anatomy" |
| 52% | KEY | 3 | With 34-Down, kind of pie |
| 51% | CAGE | 4 | With 34-Down, part of a pound |
| 47% | SHUSTER | 7 | Joe, co-creator of Superman with Jerry Siegel |
| 47% | SIEGEL | 6 | Jerry, co-creator of Superman with Joe Shuster |
| 47% | OHME | 4 | With 34 Down, a worried cry |
| 47% | MAXIMOFF | 8 | Surname of Scarlet Witch |
| 47% | ERNIE | 5 | With 34-Down, golf's U.S. Open champion of 1994 and 1997 |
| 47% | JACKKIRBY | 9 | With Stan Lee, co-creator of the Hulk and Thor |
| 46% | JACK | 4 | With 41-Across, co-creator of Captain America and the Hulk |
| 46% | KAL | 3 | With, 42-Down, co-star of the "Harold and Kumar" films |
| 45% | DUMAS | 5 | Creator of 8 Down |
| 45% | ERIC | 4 | With 68-Across, co-creator of the British parody band the Rutles |
| 45% | MOM | 3 | Co-owner of a small store with 12-Down |
| 44% | ANNERICE | 8 | Creator of the Mayfair Witches |
| 44% | AESOP | 5 | Creator of fables with morals |
| 43% | CSLEWIS | 7 | Creator of Aslan and the White Witch |
| 42% | DINTY | 5 | With 34-Across, brand of canned beef stew |
| 42% | DAMON | 5 | Stand-up comic and co-creator of "In living color" with his brother Keenen Wayans |
| 42% | DANA | 4 | With 21-Down, journalist who co-hosts CNN's "State of the Union" |
| 41% | ANWAR | 5 | With 34-Across, president of Egypt assassinated in 1981 |
| 41% | HEADLESS | 8 | With 34-Across, scary legend of 13-Across |
| 41% | THESIXTHSHEIKS | 14 | With 34-Across, one example of 51-Across |
| 40% | OSCAR | 5 | With 100 Down, Dorian Gray creator |
| 40% | PATSAJAK | 8 | Co-host of 34-/36-Across |
| 40% | VANNAWHITE | 10 | Co-host of 34-/36-Across |
| 40% | ISP | 3 | Co. with a lot of connections? |
| 40% | NEGRI | 5 | Co-author of “Empire,” with Hardt |