| 100% | AVID | 4 | "She is an ___ reader"; enthusiastic |
| 64% | AVID | 4 | "He is an ___ reader..." |
| 62% | GEEK | 4 | Be an enthusiastic dweeb, with "out" |
| 60% | CLEOPATRA | 9 | She was killed by an asp bite |
| 58% | ERIVO | 5 | She was nominated for an Emmy for playing Franklin |
| 56% | GINNI | 5 | She is an American business leader who became the first woman to head tech giant IBM |
| 56% | HERMIONE | 8 | Her Patronus is an otter |
| 55% | HERA | 4 | Goddess whose name is an anagram of her mother's |
| 54% | STROHS | 6 | Brew whose name is an article of clothing when read backward |
| 54% | KATHY | 5 | She is an American business leader who was appointed as the CEO of distribution company Graybar in 2012 |
| 53% | ZONE | 4 | "I think she was born in an arctic ___" (song lyric from 1980) |
| 53% | SAFRA | 5 | She is an Israeli-American business leader who was appointed as the co-CEO of Oracle Corporation in 2014 |
| 53% | CLEOPATRA | 9 | An asp bite was rumored to have caused her death |
| 52% | SIPPINGONAGLASSOFWINE | 21 | An elderly woman was having dinner with her husband and was ... |
| 52% | SANDRADEEFROST | 14 | If an actress wed a poet, she'd be ___ |
| 51% | SKEETER | 7 | She is an aspiring writer and someone who is unafraid of facing some hard truths in Kathryn Stockett's "The Help" |
| 51% | INDRA | 5 | She is an Indian-American business head who was appointed as the CEO of food and beverage giant PepsiCo in 2006 |
| 50% | ALICE | 5 | She asked "What IS an un-birthday present?" |
| 50% | EAGELS | 6 | Jeanne ___, actress in "The Letter," for which she was posthumously nominated for an Academy Award |
| 49% | SALLYFIELDMARSHALL | 18 | If an actress wed a Supreme Court justice, she'd be ___ |
| 49% | TEE | 3 | Shirt that may have an "I'd rather be reading" message |
| 49% | MAD | 3 | "She is ___ about basketball" (really enthusiastic) |
| 49% | AMBULANCE | 9 | "___ Girl," 2005 TV film starring Kathy Bates for which she was nominated for an Emmy award |
| 48% | TYSON | 5 | Cicely who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Sounder |
| 48% | PLATH | 5 | She wrote "Dying / Is an art, like everything else" |
| 48% | KAREN | 5 | ___ O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs lead singer, whose stage name is an anagram of her nationality by birth) |
| 48% | ONTO | 4 | "She was ___ him in an instant" (suspicious) |
| 47% | ETNA | 4 | Poker term read backwards which is also the name of an Italian volcano |
| 47% | EMMA | 4 | Stone who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in "The Favourite" |
| 47% | ADRIAN | 6 | “Thought she was ___, it’s been rocky ever since” (Jay-Z lyric that alludes to an onscreen pairing) |