| 100% | STEPHEN | 7 | ___ Graham Jones, Native American writer who authored "The Fast Red Road: A Plainsong" |
| 44% | SILKO | 5 | Leslie Marmon ___, Native American writer who authored "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" |
| 41% | JOY | 3 | ___ Harjo, Native American writer who authored "Crazy Brave" |
| 33% | PONTIAC | 7 | Native American chief of the Ottawa tribe who led a rebellion against the British from 1763-66 |
| 33% | ASHTON | 6 | ___ Locklear, Native American artistic gymnast who was a two-time national champion on the uneven bars |
| 32% | FROST | 5 | American writer Robert, who won four Pulitzers and the Congressional Gold Medal, and is best known for "The Road Not Taken" |
| 31% | AESOP | 5 | Famed fable writer who authored "The Crow and the Pitcher" |
| 30% | FROST | 5 | American poet Robert ___ who authored "The Road Not Taken" and won the Pulitzer four times |
| 30% | PEARLSBUCK | 10 | American writer who won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature (3 wds.) |
| 30% | LOUISEGLUCK | 11 | American writer who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 29% | SHERMANALEXIE | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 2007's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian": 2 wds. |
| 29% | ASHE | 4 | Author of “A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete” |
| 29% | ARTHURASHE | 10 | “A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete” author |
| 29% | LEITH | 5 | Prue —, food writer who authored novels A Lovesome Thing and Leaving Patrick |
| 29% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who is famous for his work "The Pit and the Pendulum": 3 wds. |
| 29% | CHERRY | 6 | ___ Jones, "The Horse Whisperer" actress who shares her name with a bright red fruit |
| 29% | ASHE | 4 | "A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete" author Arthur |
| 28% | PAINE | 5 | Thomas who authored influential pamphlets during the American Revolution |
| 28% | CORMAC | 6 | The Road author McCarthy, who recently died |
| 28% | DANIELLESTEEL | 13 | American author who wrote "A Perfect Life" and is currently the bestselling author alive: 2 wds. |
| 28% | FREDDELUCA | 10 | American businessman who started the fast food restaurant franchise "Subway" at 17: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ASHE | 4 | Author of "A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete" |
| 28% | LOGO | 4 | A red cross, for the American Red Cross |
| 28% | CHERIE | 6 | ___ Dimaline, Indigenous writer who authored "The Marrow Thieves" |
| 28% | CHEROKEE | 8 | Member of a Native American people formerly of the southern US who now live chiefly in Oklahoma |
| 28% | KLU | 3 | "Big ___", nickname of the Reds slugger of the fifties who has a statute on the main entrance plaza of the Great American Ball Park |
| 28% | RICHARDWRIGHT | 13 | Pink Floyd keyboardist who shares a name with the author of "Native Son" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | BARR | 4 | American writer of mystery novels, Nevada ___ who created the fictional detective, Anna Pigeon |
| 28% | JIMTHORPE | 9 | First Native American to win a gold medal at the Olympics |
| 28% | ANDREADWORKIN | 13 | “Intercourse” writer who envisioned a “road to freedom open to women, men, and that emerging majority, the rest of us” |