| 100% | DAD | 3 | "Promise Me, ___: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose" (Joe Biden memoir) |
| 72% | BIDEN | 5 | "Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose" author |
| 38% | HACKETT | 7 | John Winthrop —, soldier and author of 1977 memoir I Was a Stranger |
| 38% | HACKETT | 7 | Sir John Winthrop —, soldier and author of 1977 memoir I Was a Stranger |
| 33% | ASHLEY | 6 | Daughter of Joe and Jill Biden |
| 32% | BONO | 4 | I am a member of U2 and was named one of the Time Persons of the Year in 2005 for my philanthropic efforts |
| 32% | MAGICAL | 7 | "The Year of ___ Thinking" (Joan Didion memoir adapted as a Broadway play) |
| 32% | TORRE | 5 | Joe who was twice A.L. Manager of the Year |
| 32% | SPRING | 6 | I'm the time of year for cleaning and picnics |
| 31% | CRONIN | 6 | A J —, author of novels The Green Years and The Citadel |
| 31% | SCALIA | 6 | Political subject of the 2018 memoir "Nino and Me" |
| 31% | PRAYER | 6 | On a wing and a ___ (without hope of success) |
| 31% | MCQUEEN | 7 | Steve __, artist and director of 12 Years a Slave |
| 31% | NYONGO | 6 | Lupita, star of Us and Twelve Years a Slave |
| 31% | POUNDSTONE | 10 | Ezra and Irving's memoir of a stand-up comic? |
| 31% | CCV | 3 | Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Geta, which, as you undoubtedly know, started on a Tuesday |
| 30% | RON | 3 | "The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family" co-memoirist ___ Howard |
| 30% | LOBO | 4 | 1970s singer of Me and You and a Dog Named Boo |
| 30% | CASS | 4 | "California Dreamin'" and "Dream a Little Dream of Me" singer Mama ___ |
| 30% | DAVEPELZER | 10 | Author of memoirs A Child Called It and The Lost Boy |
| 30% | CARE | 4 | The middle initial of A.C.A. and I.C.U. |
| 30% | SAMSMITH | 8 | "Stay With Me" singer who was a first-time Grammy nominee for Record of the Year (and won): 2 wds. |
| 30% | LIMA | 4 | I'm a city in Peru and my nickname is "The City of Kings" |
| 30% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 30% | THEE | 4 | "The hopes and fears of all the years are met in ___ tonight" |
| 30% | ALUM | 4 | Joe Biden, vis-à-vis Syracuse University College of Law |
| 30% | DEM | 3 | Party of Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden (Abbr.) |
| 29% | MILAN | 5 | I'm a city in Italy and my nickname is "Fashion Capital of the World" |
| 29% | ALAS | 4 | "___! 'tis true I have gone here and there" (start of a Shakespeare sonnet) |
| 29% | DEM | 3 | Politcal party of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (Abbr.) |