| 100% | MARY | 4 | ___ Wollstonecraft, English feminist writer who wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" |
| 45% | CARTER | 6 | Angela ___, English feminist writer who wrote "The Bloody Chamber" |
| 41% | ANDREADWORKIN | 13 | “Intercourse” writer who envisioned a “road to freedom open to women, men, and that emerging majority, the rest of us” |
| 41% | GAILSIMONE | 10 | Writer who had the longest tenure as a woman writing Wonder Woman comic books (2 wds.) |
| 41% | HOYLE | 5 | Edmond who wrote a treatise on the game of whist |
| 41% | TENNYSON | 8 | English poet Alfred who wrote The Lady of Shalott |
| 40% | LEY | 3 | Writer Willy who wrote "The Conquest of Space" ('49) and for whom a crater is named on the far side of the moon |
| 40% | WOOLF | 5 | Writer of the line “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction” |
| 40% | ANSON | 5 | George —, English naval commander who completed a circumnavigation of the globe in 1744 |
| 38% | HENRYI | 6 | English king who was a son of William the Conqueror |
| 38% | GILMOUR | 7 | David ___, English instrumentalist who was a member of the rock band "Pink Floyd" |
| 38% | SYD | 3 | ___ Barrett, English musician who was a member of the rock band "Pink Floyd" |
| 38% | WRIGHT | 6 | Richard ___, English musician who was a member of the rock band "Pink Floyd" |
| 38% | WATERS | 6 | Roger ___, English bassist who was a member of the rock band "Pink Floyd" |
| 38% | EVE | 3 | Woman who was tempted by a serpent in the Book of Genesis |
| 37% | DANA | 4 | Author Spiotta who wrote “Wayward,” about a woman who flees her suburban family life in the wake of the 2016 Presidential election (July, 2021) |
| 37% | PLINY | 5 | Roman writer who originated the phrase "with a grain of salt" |
| 37% | DARIN | 5 | Strauss who wrote the 2020 novel "The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story" |
| 37% | NEMEROV | 7 | Poet Howard who wrote "A Primer of the Daily Round" |
| 36% | FRIEDAN | 7 | Betty ___, American feminist writer who wrote "The Feminine Mystique" |
| 36% | EZRA | 4 | Pound who wrote "In a Station of the Metro" |
| 36% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote "In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo" |
| 36% | MCPHEE | 6 | Writer John who won a Pulitzer for "Annals of the Former World" |
| 36% | CHARLOTTE | 9 | ___ Perkins Gilman, American feminist writer who wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper" |
| 36% | EDITHWHARTON | 12 | 13-Across and 25-Across writer who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Literature, for her 1920 novel "The Age of Innocence" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | LEY | 3 | Writer Willy who wrote "The Conquest of Space" |
| 35% | ADRIENNERICH | 12 | Poet and feminist who wrote “The moment of change is the only poem” |
| 35% | ALLEN | 5 | ___ Ginsberg, poet who wrote "Howl" and a major figure of the Beat Generation |
| 35% | SIMONEDE | 8 | ___ Beauvoir, French feminist writer who wrote "The Second Sex": 2 wds. |
| 35% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights leader who has a US holiday |