| 100% | KEENE | 5 | "The Secret of the Old Clock" author |
| 84% | DREW | 4 | "The Secret of the Old Clock" sleuth |
| 84% | DREW | 4 | "The Secret of the Old Clock" sleuth Nancy |
| 81% | NANCYDREW | 9 | Character who first appeared in "The Secret of the Old Clock" |
| 78% | NANCYDREW | 9 | Fictional girl detective who first appeared in 1930 novel The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene |
| 61% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | Author of The Old Man and the Sea |
| 61% | ERNEST | 6 | Author of The Old Man and the Sea, __ Hemingway |
| 59% | MONKKIDD | 8 | The Secret Life of Bees author Sue |
| 58% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | Author of “The Old Man and the Sea” |
| 57% | HODGSON | 7 | Frances __ Burnett; author of The Secret Garden |
| 56% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | Ernest ___, the author of "The Old Man and the Sea" |
| 56% | FIENNES | 7 | Ranulph —, author of 2001 novel The Secret Hunters |
| 55% | MITCHELL | 8 | David —, author of the novels Ghostwritten and The Bone Clocks |
| 54% | PLINY | 5 | — the Elder, Roman author who died witnessing the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD |
| 54% | CONRAD | 6 | Joseph —, author of novels The Secret Agent, Lord Jim and Nostromo |
| 53% | DAN | 3 | "The Secret of Secrets" author ___ Brown |
| 53% | CATO | 4 | — The Elder, Roman politician and general, author of the first history of Rome |
| 53% | TARTT | 5 | Donna —, author of the novels The Secret History and The Little Friend |
| 52% | DON | 3 | & 21A US author of stage plays The Dark Hours and The Old Soak |
| 52% | AUEL | 4 | The Clan of the Cave Bear author |
| 52% | ECO | 3 | The Island of the Day Before author |
| 52% | MAGLIE | 6 | The Barber of the old Polo Grounds |
| 51% | AUEL | 4 | The Clan of the Cave Bear author Jean |
| 51% | DATED | 5 | Of the old school |
| 51% | BATTLESCARRED | 13 | Of the old school |
| 50% | TIMING | 6 | The secret of good comedy |
| 50% | AGING | 5 | The process of getting older |
| 50% | PROULX | 6 | Annie —, author of novels Postcards and That Old Ace in the Hole |
| 49% | DEESHAPHILYAW | 13 | Author of “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies” |