| 100% | WILLA | 5 | “The Song of the Lark” author Cather |
| 78% | THEA | 4 | Main character in Cather's "The Song of the Lark" |
| 64% | LARK | 4 | "The Song of the ___" (Willa Cather novel) |
| 63% | LARK | 4 | Willa Cather's "The Song of the __" |
| 62% | HOOD | 4 | Thomas —, author of 1843 poem The Song of the Shirt |
| 60% | LONGFELLOW | 10 | Henry Wadsworth —, author of poem The Song of Hiawatha |
| 56% | TAMORA | 6 | Author Pierce of the fantasy series "The Song of the Lioness" |
| 56% | WILLACATHER | 11 | American novelist who wrote the Great Plains trilogy of 15-Across, "The Song of the Lark," and 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 54% | TSE | 3 | Monogram of the author of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” |
| 54% | TSE | 3 | Initials of the author of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” |
| 53% | LINCOLNSTEFFENS | 15 | The Shame of the Cities author |
| 53% | ECO | 3 | The Name of the Rose author |
| 53% | ECO | 3 | The Name of the Rose author Umberto |
| 51% | OLDIE | 5 | Song of the past |
| 51% | DIXIE | 5 | Song of the South |
| 51% | PSALM | 5 | Song of the Bible |
| 51% | YODEL | 5 | Song of the mountains |
| 51% | MAHLER | 6 | "The Song of the Earth" composer |
| 51% | LANIER | 6 | "The Song of the Chattahoochee" poet |
| 51% | LAMARSEILLAISE | 14 | Song of the 56-Across |
| 50% | STYRON | 6 | The Confessions of Nat Turner author |
| 50% | ROY | 3 | The God of Small Things author |
| 50% | AUEL | 4 | The Land of Painted Caves author |
| 50% | YEAR | 4 | Song of the ___ (major Grammy category) |
| 49% | AUEL | 4 | The Clan of the Cave Bear author |
| 49% | ECO | 3 | The Island of the Day Before author |
| 49% | DIDION | 6 | The Year of Magical Thinking author Joan |
| 49% | COLFER | 6 | The Land of Stories series author Chris __ |
| 49% | BEATRIX | 7 | The Tale of Peter Rabbit author, __ Potter |
| 49% | ECO | 3 | "The Name of the Rose" author |