| 100% | PORTRAIT | 8 | "A ___ of the Artist as a Young Man" (James Joyce novel) |
| 95% | PORTRAIT | 8 | "A ___ of the Artist as a Young Man," 1977 film directed by Joseph Strick which is based on a novel by James Joyce |
| 80% | DEDALUS | 7 | Stephen of Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" |
| 73% | DEDALUS | 7 | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man protagonist Stephen |
| 73% | JOYCE | 5 | "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" author |
| 71% | ARTIST | 6 | James Joyce's "A Portrait of the ___ as a Young Man" |
| 69% | MOOCOW | 6 | Kidspeak animal mentioned in the first line of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" |
| 67% | ASA | 3 | James Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist ___ Young Man" |
| 66% | ASA | 3 | James Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist ___ Young Man" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | LAINEYWILSON | 12 | "Things a Man Oughta Know" singer chosen as one of six 2022 CMT Artists of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 48% | RAPHAEL | 7 | Artist who painted Portrait of a Young Man |
| 48% | JUDE | 4 | "___ the Obscure," novel by Thomas Hardy about, published in 1895 a working-class young man who dreams of becoming a scholar |
| 46% | TRASHIEST | 9 | In the poorest of taste, as a novel |
| 46% | PEOPLE | 6 | Novel by Chinua Achebe: A Man of the __ |
| 46% | ROMEO | 5 | Young man in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 45% | SAMMYDAVISJR | 12 | Dancer famous as the youngest member of the "Will Mastin Trio" and whose cover of "The Candy Man" became a number-one hit: 3 wds. |
| 45% | ANAMERICANGYRATED | 17 | Story of a young man who gets carried away and does the Twist? |
| 44% | BURN | 4 | Gordon —, author of novels Alma Cogan and Born Yesterday: The News as a Novel |
| 44% | CRIMEANDPUNISHMENT | 18 | Magnum opus about a young man, family and the concept of free will [1866, 1965] |
| 44% | SPY | 3 | The —, 1821 James Fenimore Cooper novel subtitled A Tale of the Neutral Ground |
| 43% | CLARISSA | 8 | 1748 novel by Samuel Richardson subtitled The History of a Young Lady |
| 43% | GILBERT | 7 | ___ Baker, artist who designed the rainbow flag as a symbol of LGBTQ pride |
| 42% | AGEE | 4 | James —, author of 1957 autobiographical novel A Death in the Family |
| 42% | DISTRICTOF | 10 | & 13D Novel trilogy by John Dos Passos whose first part was 1939's Adventures of a Young Man |
| 42% | CHOKE | 5 | 2001 novel by Chuck Palahniuk which follows the story of a con man, Victor |
| 42% | MICHENER | 8 | James A —, author of novel Chesapeake and The Bridges at Toko-Ri |
| 42% | HOME | 4 | 2012 novel by Toni Morrison which is about a young veteran of the Korean War |
| 42% | THOTH | 5 | Egyptian deity depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon |
| 41% | TOMSAWYER | 9 | "The Adventures of ___," Mark Twain's famous novel telling the story of a young boy: 2 wds. |
| 41% | EVELINA | 7 | 1778 Frances Burney novel subtitled The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World |