| 100% | ERLE | 4 | ___ Stanley Gardner (mystery author) [anagram of REEL] |
| 65% | ERLE | 4 | Mystery author ___ Stanley Gardner |
| 64% | ERLE | 4 | ___ Stanley Gardner of mysteries |
| 54% | ERLE | 4 | Author ___ Stanley Gardner of the Perry Mason detective series |
| 54% | KELLI | 5 | ___ Stanley, award-winning author of the Miranda Corbie mystery-thriller series |
| 50% | BERTHACOOL | 10 | Detective in a series of Erle Stanley Gardner mysteries |
| 49% | ERLE | 4 | ___ Stanley Gardner of detective fiction |
| 48% | ERLE | 4 | ___ Stanley Gardner, creator of Perry Mason |
| 48% | ERLE | 4 | ___ Stanley Gardner (creator of Perry Mason) |
| 47% | ERLE | 4 | Gardner of mystery |
| 47% | ERLE | 4 | Gardner of mysteries |
| 46% | ERLE | 4 | Author __ Stanley Gardner |
| 45% | ERLE | 4 | Author ___ Stanley Gardner |
| 45% | JAMESLEEBURKE | 13 | Author of the Dave Robicheaux mysteries |
| 44% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Author of an alphabetic series of mysteries |
| 43% | POE | 3 | "The Mystery of Marie Roget" author |
| 43% | GEE | 3 | "The Mysteries of Glass" author Sue ___ |
| 43% | ANN | 3 | ___ Radcliffe, "The Mysteries of Udolpho" author |
| 42% | JAMESPATTERSON | 14 | Author of the Alex Cross mystery series: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ERLE | 4 | Mystery writer ___ Stanley Gardner |
| 41% | PETERS | 6 | Elizabeth ___, pseudonymous author of the Amelia Peabody mysteries |
| 41% | ERLE | 4 | Whodunit author __ Stanley Gardner |
| 41% | CARR | 4 | John Dickson —, author of 1935 mystery The Hollow Man |
| 40% | EDGAR | 5 | Mystery award named for the author of "The Imp of the Perverse" |
| 40% | CARR | 4 | John Dickson —, author of 1935 mystery novel The Hollow Man |
| 39% | CARR | 4 | John Dickson —, author of the 1935 mystery novel The Hollow Man |
| 39% | ERLE | 4 | Author and lawyer ____ Stanley Gardner |
| 38% | BING | 4 | Stanley —, author of novels Lloyd: What Happened, Immortal Life and You Look Nice Today |
| 38% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Author of the Kinsey Millhone mysteries who wrote the 2015 novel "X": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ALLINGHAM | 9 | Margery —, author of detective novels Mystery Mile and The Case of the Late Pig |