| 100% | WHY | 3 | "I Know ___ the Caged Bird Sings" (Maya Angelou poem) |
| 84% | WHY | 3 | "I Know ___ the Caged Bird Sings," 1969 autobiography by Maya Angelou that recounts her early years |
| 79% | ANGELOU | 7 | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, poet Maya __ |
| 76% | KNOW | 4 | "I ___ Why the Caged Bird Sings" (Maya Angelou memoir) |
| 74% | ANGELOU | 7 | Maya, author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| 74% | ANGELOU | 7 | Maya, she wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| 74% | MAYA | 4 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" writer Angelou |
| 74% | MAYA | 4 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" author Angelou |
| 74% | MAYA | 4 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" author ___ Angelou |
| 74% | CAGED | 5 | Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the ___ Bird Sings” |
| 73% | ANGELOU | 7 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" autobiographer Maya |
| 70% | IKNOW | 5 | “___ Why the Caged Bird Sings” (Maya Angelou autobiography) |
| 69% | IKNOW | 5 | "___ Why the Caged Bird Sings" (Maya Angelou memoir) (2 wds.) |
| 69% | MAYA | 4 | ___ Angelou, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" author |
| 68% | WHY | 3 | "I Know ___ the Caged Bird Sings" |
| 67% | CAGED | 5 | "I Know Why the ___ Bird Sings," Maya Angelou work |
| 66% | ANGELOU | 7 | Poet Maya who wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" |
| 66% | MAYA | 4 | ___ Angelou, author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" |
| 64% | ANGELOU | 7 | Writer of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| 64% | MAYA | 4 | American poet Angelou who wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" |
| 63% | ANGELOU | 7 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" memoirist |
| 63% | ANGELOU | 7 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" author |
| 62% | MAYA | 4 | American poet ___ Angelou who authored "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" |
| 59% | CAGEDBIRD | 9 | Maya Angelou knows why the __ sings |
| 58% | ANGELOU | 7 | Author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" |
| 56% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" writer who was awarded the 1991 Langston Hughes Medal (2 wds.) |
| 55% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" writer who was honored on a U.S. postage stamp in 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 53% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" writer who had a cameo as Aunt June in the 1993 film "Poetic Justice" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | THE | 3 | "I Know Why ___ Caged Bird Sings" |
| 50% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," 18-Across, and 31-Across writer whose image appears on the first coin in the American Women Quarters series (2 wds.) |