| 100% | OATES | 5 | "Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart" author |
| 99% | OATES | 5 | "Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart" author Joyce Carol ___ |
| 43% | MAXTED | 6 | Anna —, author of novels Being Committed and Getting Over It |
| 42% | MAXTED | 6 | Anna —, author of the novels Being Committed and Getting Over It |
| 42% | SWARAJ | 6 | "___ is my birthright and I shall have it" (rallying cry for Indian independence) |
| 41% | COUNTERARGUMENTS | 16 | "Granite is best because it's heat-resistant and easy to clean" |
| 41% | PETER | 5 | & 3D Author of novels Piece of my Heart, Past Reason Hated and Aftermath |
| 41% | EDISON | 6 | Who said "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work" |
| 40% | DEAR | 4 | "It's near and ___ to my heart" |
| 40% | NEAR | 4 | "It's ___ and dear to my heart" |
| 39% | TADA | 4 | "... and here it is!" |
| 39% | CANTONESE | 9 | Dialect in which the number two is considered lucky because its character is homophonous for the characters for easy and bright |
| 38% | TROUT | 5 | Kilgore ___ (fictional sci-fi author so named because Kurt Vonnegut “thought it was funny to be named after a fish”) |
| 38% | BALD | 4 | "I knew I was going ___ when it was taking longer and longer to wash my face": Harry Hill |
| 38% | ZOLA | 4 | French author who wrote, “Truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it” |
| 37% | HOMER | 5 | "I am a Greek author, and I lend my name to a famous yellow animated patriarch. Who am I?" |
| 37% | TAYLORDAYNE | 11 | "Tell It to My Heart" singer |
| 37% | END | 3 | It may be bitter |
| 37% | ALE | 3 | It may be bitter |
| 37% | END | 3 | It might be bitter |
| 37% | END | 3 | It can be bitter |
| 37% | FETA | 4 | It may be bitter |
| 37% | YOUTH | 5 | "___ is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope": Aristotle |
| 37% | NEWSPAPER | 9 | It is black and white and made for reading |
| 36% | DAYNE | 5 | "Tell It to My Heart" singer Taylor ___ |
| 36% | DAYNE | 5 | “Tell It to My Heart” singer Taylor |
| 36% | DAYNE | 5 | "Tell It to My Heart" singer Taylor |
| 36% | LOVETO | 6 | It'd be my pleasure |