| 100% | FROST | 5 | American writer Robert, who won four Pulitzers and the Congressional Gold Medal, and is best known for "The Road Not Taken" |
| 52% | FROST | 5 | American poet Robert ___ who authored "The Road Not Taken" and won the Pulitzer four times |
| 42% | FROST | 5 | Robert ___, American poet who is famous for his poem "The Road Not Taken" |
| 41% | ROBERTFROST | 11 | 17-Across and 26-Across writer who is the only person to win four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry (2 wds.) |
| 40% | JESSEOWENS | 10 | American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games and is considered one of the greatest athletes ever: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SCOTT | 5 | American writer F. ___ Fitzgerald, regarded as one of the best ever from America and is known for novels like "The Great Gatsby" |
| 35% | JACKSOCK | 8 | American tennis player who won a gold and bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics |
| 34% | MICHAELPHELPS | 13 | American retired competitive swimmer who won a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games and is considered the greatest swimmer ever: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LYNYRDSKYNYRD | 13 | American rock band formed in 1964 that still performs live and is best known for popularizing the Southern rock genre: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | American writer Ernest, who won the Nobel in 1954 and whose debut novel was "The Sun Also Rises" |
| 33% | SAMSHEPARD | 10 | Writer, actor, and director who won a Pulitzer Prize for the play "Buried Child" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | GWENJORGENSEN | 13 | American distance runner and two-time ITU World Champion who was the first to win a triathlon gold for USA in the Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 33% | 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.) |
| 33% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who is famous for his work "The Pit and the Pendulum": 3 wds. |
| 33% | MARIONJONES | 11 | American track star who won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics in Sydney in 2000 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | MISSYFRANKLIN | 13 | 17-year-old American swimmer who won four gold medals at the 2012 Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MARK | 4 | ___ Twain, American writer behind "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" who is one of the best known humorists |
| 32% | RICHARDSROSS | 12 | Former track and field athlete Sanya ___ who was the world's best 400 m runner for a decade and who has won 5 Olympic medals: Hyph. |
| 32% | ROSA | 4 | ___ Parks, African-American civil rights activist who was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal |
| 32% | SHIELDS | 7 | Claressa who is the only American boxer to win consecutive Olympic gold medals |
| 32% | GWEN | 4 | ___ Torrence, American sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics |
| 32% | FROST | 5 | Robert ___, American poet of "The Road Not Taken" who worked as an English teacher |
| 32% | CHER | 4 | American singer and actress who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for the romantic comedy "Moonstruck" |
| 32% | DAWES | 5 | American gymnast Dominique who was the first Black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics |
| 32% | MICHAELPHELPS | 13 | American swimmer who holds the all-time record for Olympic gold medals with 23 wins: 2 wds. |
| 31% | PATRICKREED | 11 | American pro golfer who is best known for being the winner of the 2014 WGC-Cadillac Championship: 2 wds. |
| 31% | DEBBIE | 6 | ___ Armstrong, former alpine skier who was the first female American skier to win an Olympic gold medal |
| 31% | LEONARDS | 8 | Pitts who won the 2004 Pulitzer for Commentary and Roberts who costarred in "Drumline: A New Beat" |
| 31% | SIMONE | 6 | I was a part of the "Final Five" at the 2016 Olympics and won four gold medals |
| 31% | ALLYSONFELIX | 12 | American track and field sprinter who won the 2012 Olympic gold in 200 meters and has a total of 9 Olympic medals: 2 wds. |