| 100% | DEAR | 4 | "He is a ___ friend of mine." (Beloved) |
| 69% | LORCA | 5 | Poet who was a friend of Dalí |
| 68% | CATT | 4 | Carrie who was a friend of Susan B. |
| 68% | SHORTCAKE | 9 | Lemon Chiffon was a friend of this Strawberry |
| 68% | LUCE | 4 | He was a head of "Time" |
| 67% | NEAL | 4 | Poet Cassady who was a friend of Jack Kerouac |
| 67% | EZRA | 4 | Pound who was a friend of T.S. Eliot |
| 67% | DANTE | 5 | He was a hell of a writer! |
| 64% | NICKCARRAWAY | 12 | He is the narrator and a friend of Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby": 2 wds. |
| 64% | BERLE | 5 | He was a charter member of the Television Hall of Fame |
| 63% | VALKILMER | 9 | He was Batman, then a Prince of Egypt |
| 62% | THESE | 5 | "___ are a few of my favorite things ..." |
| 62% | WAYOFTHEDRAGON | 14 | 1972 action comedy starring Bruce Lee, who was a close friend of Chuck Norris, and is his only released film with him: 4 wds. |
| 62% | BULLFROG | 8 | Jeremiah was a ___, was a good friend of mine |
| 62% | FEW | 3 | "These are a ___ of my favorite things" |
| 62% | FEW | 3 | "These are a ___ of my favorite things..." |
| 62% | FEW | 3 | "These are a ___ of my favorite things ... " |
| 61% | MIDAS | 5 | He was given the ears of a donkey, in myth |
| 61% | MAO | 3 | He was the subject of a Warhol painting |
| 61% | ZOLA | 4 | Novelist who was a childhood friend of Cézanne |
| 61% | LEE | 3 | Novelist who was a lifelong friend of Capote |
| 60% | SHOW | 4 | The (Original) prisoner was a fave one of mine |
| 60% | THESE | 5 | "___ are a few of my favorite things" (Julie Andrews line) |
| 60% | THESE | 5 | "___ are a few of my favorite things..." (Julie Andrews line) |
| 60% | THESE | 5 | "___ are a few of my favorite things ..." (Julie Andrews line) |
| 60% | CAPOTE | 6 | Author who was a childhood friend of Harper Lee |
| 60% | LYELL | 5 | Charles ___, Geologist who was a close friend of Darwin |
| 59% | TRAP | 4 | Question like "Which of my friends is most attractive?," say |
| 58% | ENE | 3 | "The ___my of my ___my is my friend" |
| 58% | MAN | 3 | "He is a ___ of few words" |