| 100% | IMANI | 5 | ___ Perry, award-winning author of 2022's "South to America" |
| 74% | IMANI | 5 | ___ Perry, award-winning author of "South to America" |
| 68% | IMANI | 5 | "South to America" award-winning author Perry |
| 53% | IMANI | 5 | "South to America" author Perry |
| 43% | MEXICO | 6 | United States of America's neighbor to the south |
| 42% | DALE | 4 | ___ Carnegie, author of "How to Win Friends and Influence People" |
| 41% | JEON | 4 | South Korean money equal to one hundredth of a won |
| 41% | ANDES | 5 | High points of a trip to South America? |
| 41% | DALECARNEGIE | 12 | Author of the self-help book "How to Win Friends and Influence People": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ADICHIE | 7 | Author of the award-winning book Americanah |
| 39% | LENIN | 5 | Author of 1902's "What Is to Be Done?" |
| 39% | DUNE | 4 | Only film to win more awards than “CODA” at the 2022 Oscars |
| 38% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Award-winning author of books for kids: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JCO | 3 | Author of “them,” as she’s sometimes referred to online |
| 38% | LIMA | 4 | South America’s “City of Kings” |
| 38% | GUANACO | 7 | Mammal of South America believed to be an ancestor of the domestic llama |
| 38% | NKJEMISIN | 9 | First author to win a Hugo Award for every book in a trilogy |
| 38% | TESSGUNTY | 9 | Author who won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction for "The Rabbit Hutch": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ADAMS | 5 | Douglas ___, author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" |
| 37% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for "Hell of a Book": 2 wds. |
| 37% | AMAZON | 6 | ___ River, waterbody in South America that is central to a rainforest of the same name |
| 37% | ADELE | 5 | Singer of the first James Bond movie theme song ever to win an Academy Award |
| 37% | STEVENASH | 9 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was the first Canadian to win the NBA MVP award |
| 37% | IVAN | 4 | Cornejo who won New Artist of the Year at the 2022 Billboard Latin Music Awards |
| 36% | CHILE | 5 | Site of South America’s Loa River |
| 36% | BRIANDABOLL | 11 | New York Giants coach who won the 2022 NFL Coach of the Year award: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MARY | 4 | ___ Martin, first Broadway actress to win a Tony Award for playing someone of the opposite sex |
| 36% | EULER | 5 | Author of "Introduction to Algebra" |
| 36% | OTTESSA | 7 | ___ Moshfegh, author of the 2015 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award-winning novel "Eileen" |
| 36% | CAPYBARA | 8 | World's largest rodent, native to South America |