| 100% | NORMANMAILER | 12 | Writer who coined the word "factoid" in his biography of Marilyn Monroe (2 wds.) |
| 64% | WILLIAMGIBSON | 13 | Writer who coined the word "cyberspace" in his short story "Burning Chrome" (2 wds.) |
| 64% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | Writer who coined the word "doublethink" in his novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | WILLIAMGIBSON | 13 | Science fiction writer who coined the term "cyberspace": 2 wds. |
| 41% | CAPEK | 5 | Writer who coined the word "robot" |
| 41% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Writer who coined the word "nerd" |
| 41% | RICHARDCASTLE | 13 | Writer who was the title character in a 2009-2016 crime series: 2 wds. |
| 40% | CAPEK | 5 | Karel ___, writer who coined the word "robot" |
| 40% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Writer who was the source of all the words with asterisked clues in this puzzle |
| 39% | RAYBRADBURY | 11 | "S Is for Space" short-story writer who was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1999 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who completed only one novel in his lifetime, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket": 3 wds. |
| 38% | SANDRABROWN | 11 | "Tailspin" novelist who received the Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SIMONEBILES | 11 | Gymnast who became the youngest Presidential Medal of Freedom winner in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 37% | RAYBOLGER | 9 | Actor who played the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 37% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | Actor born in England who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the movie "Gandhi": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who plays the queen mother of Wakanda in "Black Panther": 2 wds. |
| 37% | HLMENCKEN | 9 | *Writer who coined the word "booboisie" |
| 37% | FRANKDEFORD | 11 | Former Sports Illustrated writer who was Sportswriter of the Year six times (2 wds.) |
| 37% | CAROLCHANNING | 13 | Singer/actress who headlined the original production of "Hello, Dolly!" in 1964: 2 wds. |
| 37% | KATEWILHELM | 11 | "The Mile-Long Spaceship" short-story writer who was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2003 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | "Angels Fall" novelist who received the Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | KIRKDOUGLAS | 11 | "Spartacus" actor who received the French Legion of Honor medal in 1985: 2 wds. |
| 36% | DANAYKROYD | 10 | "Ghostbusters" actor who plays the Scarecrow in "Legends of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 36% | ASA | 3 | Words in the middle of a simile: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | Actor who plays the Sorcerer Supreme in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness": 2 wds. |
| 36% | LESLIEJONES | 11 | Actress who plays the mother of Prince Akeem's son in "Coming 2 America": 2 wds. |
| 36% | JULESVERNE | 10 | Writer who created Captain Nemo, traveler to the submerged city of Atlantis: 2 wds. |
| 36% | DIANENASH | 9 | Civil rights activist who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BILLRUSSELL | 11 | Longtime Boston Celtic who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 36% | KELSEYGRAMMER | 13 | "Frasier" actor who plays the Tin Man in "Legends of Oz": 2 wds. |