| 100% | CLARE | 5 | 50-Across character who writes for the school paper |
| 66% | KATIE | 5 | 50-Across character who heads the school paper |
| 58% | ELAINE | 6 | "Seinfeld" character who wrote for the J. Peterman catalog |
| 48% | TODD | 4 | "BoJack Horseman" character who writes the rock opera "Newtopia Rising, Book I: The Search for a New Utopia" |
| 46% | ALS | 3 | Hilton who writes for The New Yorker |
| 46% | JELANI | 6 | Historian Cobb who writes for The New Yorker |
| 45% | MIRANDA | 7 | Lin-Manuel who wrote the songs for 16-Across |
| 45% | STEVEMARTIN | 11 | "The Pink Panther" actor who wrote the kids' book "Late for School": 2 wds. |
| 45% | IRVINGBERLIN | 12 | Composer who wrote the songs for 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | DRZHIVAGO | 9 | Title character who writes the "Lara" poems |
| 43% | QUINCYJONES | 11 | Composer who wrote "The Streetbeater," the theme song for 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JASONREYNOLDS | 13 | Author who has written "Ghost," "Patina," and other novels for kids in the middle school years: 2 wds. |
| 42% | LORAX | 5 | Seuss character who "speaks for the trees" |
| 42% | POE | 3 | Who wrote of "sorrow for the lost Lenore" |
| 42% | LORAX | 5 | Seuss character who “speaks for the trees” |
| 42% | ESSAY | 5 | Paper written for school |
| 42% | ESSAY | 5 | Written paper for school |
| 41% | LYRICIST | 8 | One who writes the words for songs |
| 41% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the songs for "Waitress" |
| 41% | MAMET | 5 | David who wrote the screenplay for "The Verdict" |
| 41% | MIA | 3 | Athlete Hamm who wrote "Go for the Goal" |
| 41% | STYNE | 5 | Jule who wrote the music for "Funny Girl" |
| 41% | ALANMENKEN | 10 | EGOT winner who wrote the music for “Aladdin” |
| 41% | INA | 3 | Garten who wrote the cookbook “Cooking for Jeffrey” |
| 40% | GRANT | 5 | Paper for someone who might be writing a paper? |
| 40% | WEILL | 5 | Kurt who wrote the music for "The Threepenny Opera" |
| 40% | HAMM | 4 | Soccer star Mia who wrote "Go for the Goal" |
| 40% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for "Waitress" |
| 40% | JEROME | 6 | Composer Kern who wrote the music for "Show Boat" |
| 40% | ARNE | 4 | Thomas who wrote the music for "Soft Flowing Avon" |