| 100% | CONEY | 5 | "A ___ Island of the Mind" (poetry collection by Lawrence Ferlinghetti) |
| 47% | FERLINGHETTI | 12 | He wrote A Coney Island of the Mind |
| 44% | THESEVENAGES | 12 | Collection by 36-Across that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2002 (3 wds.) |
| 44% | ANGELOU | 7 | Author of the poetry collection “Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’fore I Diiie” |
| 44% | FERLINGHETTI | 12 | Lawrence —, US poet whose volumes include 1958’s A Coney Island of the Mind |
| 44% | LETTERS | 7 | "___ from a Stoic," a collection of 124 epistles by Seneca the Younger |
| 44% | LIKEABOSS | 9 | Parody of a Slim Thug song by The Lonely Island: 3 wds. |
| 42% | ISABELA | 7 | Island of the Galápagos named for a Castilian queen |
| 41% | AGREE | 5 | Have a meeting of the minds |
| 41% | MORAL | 5 | "___ Disorder," 2006 collection of connected short stories by Margaret Atwood which chronicles the pains of a Canadian family |
| 40% | ATTENTION | 9 | Concentration of the mind on a single object or thought |
| 39% | EYE | 3 | "___ of the Tiger," a hit song by Survivor |
| 39% | MENSA | 5 | Group with a meeting of the minds? |
| 39% | CHIOS | 5 | Greek island separated from Turkey by a strait of the same name |
| 39% | JAW | 3 | Part of the face covered by a beard |
| 39% | CAPRICORN | 9 | Sign of the zodiac represented by a goat |
| 39% | EQUITY | 6 | Value of the shares issued by a company |
| 39% | CANCER | 6 | Sign of the zodiac represented by a crab |
| 39% | ARC | 3 | Shape of the Aleutian Islands, on a map |
| 38% | ANNECARSON | 10 | Author of the poetry collection “Glass, Irony & God” (1995) |
| 38% | CLEA | 4 | Final part of The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell |
| 38% | PALM | 4 | Part of the hand read by a fortune-teller |
| 38% | HIP | 3 | Part of the body wiggled by a belly dancer |
| 38% | NAPE | 4 | Part of the neck cradled by a travel pillow |
| 38% | ARUBA | 5 | One of the Caribbean’s A.B.C. islands |
| 38% | PINIONS | 7 | The wings of a bird, in poetry |
| 38% | AUTONOMY | 8 | The control of a country by itself |
| 38% | THEFATHER | 9 | "___ Christmas Letters," a collection of letters written by J.R.R. Tolkien that document the adventures of Santa and his helpers: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MONSIEUR | 8 | 1974 novel by Lawrence Durrell subtitled The Prince of Darkness |
| 38% | GIN | 3 | One of the liquors in a Long Island Iced Tea |