| 100% | ALCOTT | 6 | 19th-century author whose father founded a utopian community |
| 41% | WILLIAMBURROUGHS | 16 | Beat author whose grandfather founded a famous adding machine company |
| 39% | HANCOCK | 7 | Founding Father whose name refers to a signature |
| 37% | PENN | 4 | William —, Quaker writer who founded a NE American state, after whose father it is named |
| 36% | CHARLESDICKENS | 14 | 19th-century author whose novella "A Christmas Carol" has had numerous film and TV adaptations: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ROGET | 5 | 19th-century author whose works are still read word for word |
| 34% | AOKI | 4 | DJ Steve whose father founded Benihana |
| 33% | HALLE | 5 | Charles —, 19th-century founder of a symphony orchestra in Manchester |
| 32% | WOOLF | 5 | Author whose name sounds like a canine |
| 32% | AUSTEN | 6 | 19th-century author who wrote "Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief" |
| 32% | BRAMSTOKER | 10 | 19th-century author whose novel "Dracula" has had numerous film and TV adaptations: 2 wds. |
| 32% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Author whose only published novel won a Pulitzer |
| 32% | AESOP | 5 | Author whose fables often had a moral twist |
| 31% | JANEAUSTEN | 10 | 19th-century author whose novel "Pride and Prejudice" has had numerous film and TV adaptations: 2 wds. |
| 31% | LAILA | 5 | Boxer Ali whose father was also a boxer |
| 31% | LAILA | 5 | Boxer Ali whose father is also a boxer |
| 31% | SAMUELADAMS | 11 | Founding Father found in a bar? |
| 30% | GEORGE | 6 | ___ Eliot, pen name of 19th century author Mary Ann Evans known for "Middlemarch" |
| 30% | QUERYWASHINGTON | 15 | Interrogate a founding father? |
| 30% | ALCOTT | 6 | Author whose work will soon be adapted into a Gerwig film |
| 30% | KATE | 4 | ___ Chopin, 19th century American author known for "The Awakening" |
| 30% | FRAMERINTHEDELL | 15 | Founding Father listed on a popular computer? |
| 30% | HAMILTON | 8 | Musical about a Founding Father |
| 30% | DEIST | 5 | Many a founding father, religiously |
| 30% | JANE | 4 | ___ Austen, 19th century English author known for "Sense and Sensibility" |
| 29% | SAMADAMS | 8 | Beer named for a founding father |
| 29% | HAMILTON | 8 | Musical about a US Founding Father |
| 29% | POE | 3 | "MS. Found in a Bottle" author |
| 29% | SHELLEY | 7 | 19th-century author mary |
| 29% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author whose first novel was anonymously published under the byline “By a Lady” |