| 100% | MARTIN | 6 | With 65-Across, author of the "Ninety-Five Theses," posted on 10/31/1517 |
| 41% | JOHNB | 5 | With 65-Across, Irish writer and author of the quote |
| 41% | DOOR | 4 | Part of the 36-Across where the "Ninety-Five Theses" were posted |
| 40% | BUKOWSKI | 8 | Charles —, author of the novels Ham on Rye and Post Office |
| 40% | MARGARET | 8 | With 65-Across, author of 40-Across |
| 39% | JULES | 5 | With 49-Across, author of the novel suggested by this puzzle's theme; the movie debuted 10/17/1956 |
| 38% | MARCH | 5 | With 65-Across, event of 10/30/10 |
| 37% | RUDYARD | 7 | With 42 Across, British author of ''How the Camel Got His Hump'' |
| 37% | FLIP | 4 | With 65-Across, part of a record ... or what each of this puzzle's five long Across answers has? |
| 37% | MARTIN | 6 | With 31-Across, German theologian who posted his "Ninety-Five Theses" 500 years ago this month |
| 37% | JOE | 3 | With 43-Across, author of the quote |
| 37% | MARGARET | 8 | With 53-Across, author of the quote |
| 37% | WINNIE | 6 | With 31-Across, neighbor of Kevin Arnold on "The Wonder Years" |
| 36% | ALEXANDERPOPE | 13 | Author of the verse that starts with the beginnings of 20-, 34- and 42-Across |
| 36% | JACK | 4 | With 65-Across, second in a series of five TV personalities (1957-62) |
| 36% | CRIME | 5 | With 65-Across, investigation site, and a punny description of the HEIST answers |
| 36% | THESOLOMONRGUGGENHEIM | 21 | With 29-Across, holder of the works named in the nine starred clues, celebrating its 50th anniversary on 10/21/09 |
| 36% | ALBERT | 6 | With 23-Across, author of the general theory of relativity |
| 35% | PATTON | 6 | With 31-Across, "The King of Queens" actor who plays Principal Durbin on "A.P. Bio" |
| 35% | TOMWOLFE | 8 | Author of the 1979 book about space flight that 34-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 35% | NEAR | 4 | With 65-Across, the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 51-Across taken together |
| 35% | OSCAR | 5 | With 63-Across, author of the quip starting at 17-Across |
| 35% | OSCAR | 5 | With 126-Across, author of the quip starting at 27-Across |
| 35% | RISEFROM | 8 | With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? |
| 35% | FRANCHISE | 9 | Nickname of 10 Across, with "The" |
| 35% | ARTHURCCLARKE | 13 | Author of "The Sentinel," the short story on which 42-Across is based (3 wds.) |
| 35% | SIRISAAC | 8 | With 48-Across, author of the three laws of motion: 2 wds. |
| 34% | WILLIAM | 7 | With 35-Across, author of the classic dystopian novel "Lord of the Flies" |
| 34% | MARVIN | 6 | With 59-Across, the other recipient of all five awards |
| 34% | NOVUS | 5 | With 46-Across, phrase on the back of a buck |