| SCHULZ | 12-Across creator |
| ROBIN | With 35-Across: creator and star of 12-Across, who said goodbye to her show at the Emmys on Monday after four seasons; it had been nominated for four Emmys along the way |
| SHONDARHIMES | 18-Across creator who wrote the episode in which 32-Across died: 2 wds |
| ARTHUR | (& 11-across, 26 across) Creator of 4-down (6,5,5) |
| DONALD | With 26-Across, creator and star of 15-Across |
| ANDREW | With 15-Across and 35-Across, creator of the musical "Bad Cinderella" |
| SHONDA | With 34-Across, creator of "Scandal" |
| PHINEAS | With 39 Across, creator of the sign |
| DOYLE | Arthur Conan ___, 43 Across creator (5) |
| ISSA | 73-Across creator/star Rae |
| ARTHURCONAN | and 11 Across Creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes (6,5,5) |
| ELENA | With 52-Across, creator of Raffaella "Lila" Cerullo |
| SHELLEY | Daughter of 1 across, creator of Frankenstein, Mary ....... (7) |
| CONAN | With 48-Down, 1-/69-Across creator Arthur |
| JIMHENSON | 40-Across creator honored on U.S. postage stamps released today |
| NATHAN | With 20-Across, creator of the new HBO Max series "The Rehearsal" |
| QUINTA | With 21-Across, creator and star of "Abbott Elementary" |
| DAISYMAY | With 20-Across, creator and star of "Am I Being Unreasonable?" |
| POETS | 14-Across creators |
| UFOS | Some 61 Across creators, for short |
