| 100% | ILENE | 5 | ___ Chaiken, creator and writer of "The L Word" |
| 61% | ILENE | 5 | ___ Chaiken, co-creator/writer of "The L Word" |
| 57% | ILENE | 5 | "The L Word" creator Chaiken |
| 57% | ILENE | 5 | "The L Word" creator/producer Chaiken |
| 54% | ILENE | 5 | ___ Chaiken, co-creator of "The L Word" |
| 51% | BENMARCUS | 9 | Writer of The Age of Wire and String |
| 51% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of the fable "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 51% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of the fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper" |
| 51% | ILENE | 5 | "The L Word" co-creator Chaiken |
| 51% | ILENE | 5 | “The L Word” co-creator Chaiken |
| 51% | ILENE | 5 | "The L Word" co-creator ___ Chaiken |
| 51% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of "The Gnat and the Bull" |
| 50% | LAYLAFSAAD | 10 | Writer of the bestseller "Me and White Supremacy" (3 wds.) |
| 50% | LENAWAITHE | 10 | Creator/writer of the TV series "The Chi" and "Boomerang" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | BRADBIRD | 8 | Director and writer of 2004 animated film The Incredibles |
| 49% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator/writer of the TV series "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | JULIAWARDHOWE | 13 | Suffragette and writer of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic": 3 wds. |
| 49% | IVANTURGENEV | 12 | Russian writer of the novel "Fathers and Sons": 2 wds. |
| 49% | LYRICIST | 8 | The writer of the words of a song |
| 49% | AESOP | 5 | Ancient writer of "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 48% | LULUWANG | 8 | Writer and director of The Farewell |
| 48% | MRT | 3 | Creator and star of the reality show "I Pity the Fool" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator and head writer of 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of fables like The Tortoise and the Hare |
| 48% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of fables like "The Fox and the Grapes" |
| 48% | GARTH | 5 | Creator and actress Jennie of the recently canceled "BH90210" |
| 48% | STEADMAN | 8 | Writer of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief, A.F. __ |
| 48% | PEEVES | 6 | Overuse of the word "like," and others |
| 48% | TAMIL | 5 | Source of the words "mulligatawny" and "catamaran" |
| 48% | BANTU | 5 | Source of the words "mamba" and "chimpanzee" |