| 100% | POE | 3 | Writer whose room at the University of Virginia is now a mini-museum |
| 37% | CHUCKPALAHNIUK | 14 | Writer whose novel "Fight Club" was adapted as a 1999 film of the same name (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ATTIC | 5 | Room at the top of a house |
| 36% | HALL | 4 | Room at the top of a Clue board |
| 35% | GRAHAM | 6 | With 35-Across, writer whose novel "The End of the Affair" was adapted as a 1999 film of the same name |
| 35% | WEAPON | 6 | The "what" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 35% | ROOM | 4 | The "where" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 35% | SUSPECT | 7 | The "who" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 34% | WOOLF | 5 | Writer of the line “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction” |
| 34% | LYNDON | 6 | Johnson that's the subject of a museum at the University of Texas |
| 34% | NAVY | 4 | Old ___, American clothing company owned by the clothing giant at 34a, and whose name is reminiscent of a military force |
| 34% | LILIES | 6 | "Water ___," a series of oil paintings by French impressionist Claude Monet which are on display at museums across the world |
| 33% | DEBATE | 6 | Planned September 29, 2020 event at the University of Notre Dame that will be watched by millions |
| 33% | MERIMEE | 7 | Writer whose novella "Carmen" is the basis of Bizet's opera |
| 33% | SANTACRUZ | 9 | University of California, ___ (school whose sports teams are the Banana Slugs) |
| 33% | TIKIBARBER | 10 | NFL running back who played alongside his twin brother, Ronde, at the University of Virginia and on three Pro Bowl teams: 2 wds. |
| 33% | WOOLF | 5 | The writer Virginia that people are afraid of |
| 32% | DIANAGABALDON | 13 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Outlander" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 32% | KATHYREICHS | 11 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Bones" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 32% | FREER | 5 | At the end of a thriller the cop is usually ___ than the prisoner |
| 32% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 32% | TESSGERRITSEN | 13 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Rizzoli & Isles" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 32% | CSLEWIS | 7 | *Deceased writer whose work was the basis for a hit 2005 film |
| 32% | LONGITUDE | 9 | The prime meridian is a line of __ at zero degrees |
| 31% | OCCUPANCY | 9 | The percentage of a hotel's rooms that are in use |
| 31% | HISTORIAN | 9 | Scholar whose work is a thing of the past? |
| 31% | OZEKI | 5 | Ruth, writer of A Tale For The Time Being |
| 31% | SEANANMCGUIRE | 13 | Writer whose "Middlegame" was a finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 31% | BOHR | 4 | Namesake of a physics institute at the University of Copenhagen |
| 31% | ASIA | 4 | "Heat of the Moment" band whose name is a continent |