| 100% | BUNYAN | 6 | "The Pilgrim's Progress" author |
| 91% | BUNYAN | 6 | John __; author of The Pilgrim's Progress |
| 89% | BUNYAN | 6 | Pilgrim's Progress author |
| 77% | BUNYAN | 6 | "Pilgrim's Progress" author |
| 66% | GIANTDESPAIR | 12 | Owner of Doubting Castle in John Bunyan allegory The Pilgrim's Progress |
| 63% | VONNEGUT | 8 | Author who created the fatalistic optometrist Billy Pilgrim |
| 63% | HINTON | 6 | S E —, author of 1967 novel The Outsiders |
| 63% | HINTON | 6 | S E -, author of 1967 novel The Outsiders |
| 61% | REGRESS | 7 | The Pilgrim's __; CS Lewis allegorical tale |
| 60% | AGAR | 4 | The People's Choice author |
| 58% | BEULAH | 6 | Land of ___ (destination in "The Pilgrim's Progress") |
| 58% | FORESTER | 8 | C S —, author of novels The Commodore and Lord Hornblower |
| 54% | ABOUT | 5 | “___ the Author” (writer’s bio) |
| 54% | WILLIAM | 7 | ___ S. Burroughs, author of "Naked Lunch" and a major figure of the Beat Generation |
| 54% | INPRISON | 8 | Where Bunyan wrote Pilgrim's Progress |
| 54% | PRISON | 6 | Where Bunyan wrote Pilgrim's Progress |
| 53% | MATTHAIG | 8 | Author of 2020's The Midnight Library |
| 53% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Author Brontë's section of the internet? |
| 53% | ATWOOD | 6 | The Handmaid's Tale author Margaret |
| 53% | MAILER | 6 | The Executioner's Song author Norman |
| 53% | AMBROSE | 7 | The Devil's Dictionary author Bierce |
| 53% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 53% | MECCA | 5 | Where a pilgrim's progress might take them |
| 52% | GAIN | 4 | Running back's progress on the football field |
| 52% | ADAMS | 5 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" author |
| 52% | JDS | 3 | The Catcher in the Rye author's inits. |
| 52% | BOBDOLE | 7 | Author of the memoir "One Soldier's Story" |
| 52% | ERICCARLE | 9 | Author of 1969's The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
| 52% | AUDREY | 6 | Author of The Time Traveler's Wife, Niffenegger |
| 52% | ONO | 3 | Author of the 1964 artist's book "Grapefruit" |