| 100% | BENET | 5 | "By the Waters of Babylon" author, 1937 |
| 62% | RIVERS | 6 | "___ of Babylon," song by Boney M. ... or water bodies like the Nile and Ganges |
| 53% | ANDYWEIRPIECE | 13 | Essay by the author of "The Martian"? |
| 52% | OMERTA | 6 | Final novel by the author of ''the great 'GF''' |
| 52% | BLUMEDOLPHIN | 12 | Mammal that's trained by the author of "Superfudge"? |
| 52% | LIGHTGREENE | 11 | Less serious works by the author of "Brighton Rock"? |
| 51% | SEA | 3 | The Black ___ (body of water bordered by Romania) |
| 50% | MISSISSIPPIRIVER | 16 | It was known by the Algonquin as the "Father of Waters" |
| 49% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Swithen, pseudonym used by the author of "Carrie" to publish "The Fifth Quarter" |
| 49% | OPERA | 5 | "The Phantom of the ___" (novel by French author Gaston Leroux) |
| 49% | WHITESEA | 8 | Body of water connected by canal to the Baltic |
| 49% | REDSEA | 6 | Body of water parted by Moses in the Bible |
| 48% | EVANS | 5 | Beryl ___, pseudonym used by the author of "Carrie" to publish "Charlie the Choo-Choo" |
| 48% | EMILEZOLA | 9 | Author who was the title subject of the Best Picture of 1937 |
| 48% | BENNETT | 7 | Arnold —, author of novels Clayhanger and The Grand Babylon Hotel |
| 48% | VANITIES | 8 | "The Bonfire of the ___," 1987 satirical novel authored by Tom Wolfe |
| 48% | EPCOT | 5 | Locale of the attraction Journey of Water, inspired by "Moana" |
| 48% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated from the sea by a reef |
| 48% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated from the ocean by a reef |
| 48% | EZRA | 4 | Author of the Books of Chronicles, by tradition |
| 46% | DEIGHTON | 8 | Len —, author of the novels The IPCRESS File and Horse Under Water |
| 46% | ISLE | 4 | A piece of land surrounded by water, such as the ___ of Capri |
| 46% | ODETS | 5 | Clifford —, author of the stage plays Waiting for Lefty and Clash by Night |
| 46% | REED | 4 | Stick by the water? |
| 46% | RIME | 4 | Frost formed by the freezing of water droplets in fog onto solid objects |
| 45% | ANGELOU | 7 | Author of the poetry collection “Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’fore I Diiie” |
| 45% | CLAREQUILTY | 11 | Author of playlet The Enchanted Hunters murdered by Humbert Humbert in 1955 Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita |
| 45% | LILYPADS | 8 | Resting spots by the water |
| 45% | NAVALBASE | 9 | Military home by the water |
| 45% | PJHARVEY | 8 | Down by the Water singer |