| 100% | LETTS | 5 | "August: Osage County" playwright |
| 96% | LETTS | 5 | "August: Osage County" playwright Tracy |
| 96% | LETTS | 5 | “August: Osage County” playwright Tracy |
| 70% | ACTS | 4 | “August: Osage County” divisions |
| 68% | EWAN | 4 | "August: Osage County" actor McGregor |
| 68% | PLAY | 4 | "August: Osage County" or "Doubt" |
| 67% | EWAN | 4 | McGregor of "August: Osage County" |
| 66% | EWAN | 4 | Actor McGregor of "August: Osage County" |
| 66% | MERYL | 5 | Actress Streep of "August: Osage County" |
| 62% | JULIETTELEWIS | 13 | "August: Osage County" actress who appears in "Ma" (2 wds.) |
| 61% | JULIAROBERTS | 12 | "August: Osage County" actress who costarred in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 59% | LETTS | 5 | 2008 Pulitzer winner Tracy, who wrote the play "August: Osage County" |
| 58% | JULIAROBERTS | 12 | "August: Osage County" actress who appears in a Lancôme fragrance ad: 2 wds. |
| 48% | NEIL | 4 | Playwright Simon who died in August |
| 46% | ADE | 3 | "The County Chairman" playwright, 1903 |
| 42% | OSAGE | 5 | August: ___ County (Meryl Streep film based on a Tracy Letts play) |
| 40% | STRINDBERG | 10 | August —, Swedish playwright whose works include The Ghost Sonata and Miss Julie |
| 40% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: ___ County" |
| 40% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: __ County" |
| 40% | WILSON | 6 | "Fences" playwright August, for whom a Broadway theater is named |
| 38% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: ___ County" (Streep movie) |
| 38% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: ___ County" (2013 movie) |
| 38% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: __ County": Streep film |
| 38% | MUGSHOT | 7 | One of many released by the Fulton County Jail in late August |
| 36% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: ___ County" starring Meryl Streep |
| 36% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: ___ County," 2013 tragicomedy film |
| 36% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: ____ County" (Meryl Streep movie) |
| 36% | OSAGE | 5 | “August: ___ County” (Tony-winning play) |
| 36% | OSAGE | 5 | “August: ___ County” (Pulitzer-winning play) |
| 36% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: ___ County," starring Benedict Cumberbatch |