| 100% | RISE | 4 | "And Still I _____" (Maya Angelou poem) |
| 79% | RISE | 4 | Maya Angelou's "And Still I ___" |
| 71% | RISE | 4 | "Still I ___" (Maya Angelou poem) |
| 71% | IRISE | 5 | Maya Angelou poem, "Still ___" |
| 69% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Maya Angelou poem often read on Juneteenth ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 66% | RISE | 4 | “Still I ___” (Maya Angelou poem) |
| 65% | IRISE | 5 | Maya Angelou's "And Still ___" |
| 65% | IRISE | 5 | Maya Angelou’s “And Still —” |
| 65% | RISE | 4 | Maya Angelou’s “Still I ___” |
| 65% | MAYA | 4 | "And Still I Rise" poet Angelou |
| 65% | MAYA | 4 | "And Still I Rise" poet ___ Angelou |
| 65% | ANGELOU | 7 | "And Still I Rise" poet Maya |
| 63% | AND | 3 | "___ Still I Rise" (Maya Angelou work) |
| 63% | RISE | 4 | "Still I ___" (title of works by 2Pac and Maya Angelou) |
| 60% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways |
| 60% | POEM | 4 | Maya Angelou's "Phenomenal Woman" or "Still I Rise," for example |
| 59% | RISE | 4 | "Just like hopes springing high,/ Still I'll ___" —Maya Angelou |
| 57% | POETS | 5 | Maya Angelou and Robert Frost |
| 57% | IRISE | 5 | “Still ___” (Maya Angelou poem) |
| 56% | MAYA | 4 | ___ Angelou, "And Still I Rise" poet |
| 56% | MAYA | 4 | ___ Angelou, "And Still I Rise" writer |
| 55% | POETS | 5 | Maya Angelou and Rita Dove, for two |
| 55% | POETS | 5 | Maya Angelou and Ocean Vuong, for two |
| 50% | IRISE | 5 | Maya Angelou's "Still ___" |
| 49% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | "And Still I Rise" poet |
| 49% | ANGELOU | 7 | "And Still I Rise" poet |
| 49% | ANGELOU | 7 | Maya ___, poet who wrote "And Still I Rise" |
| 47% | WHY | 3 | "I Know ___ the Caged Bird Sings" (Maya Angelou poem) |
| 47% | STILL | 5 | "___ I Rise," poem by Maya Angelou with the line "...I rise, I rise, I rise." |
| 47% | ITS | 3 | Billy Joel's "___ Still Rock and Roll to Me" |