| 100% | SCRIBE | 6 | Ancient Egyptian citizen trained to read and write |
| 47% | LITERATE | 8 | Able to read and write |
| 47% | LITERACY | 8 | Ability to read and write |
| 47% | ILLITERATE | 10 | Unable to read and write |
| 46% | LITERACY | 8 | The ability to read and write |
| 37% | STYLUS | 6 | Ancient tool that was used to write on 20a and on parchment |
| 35% | BASICSKILLS | 11 | Reading and writing, for most jobs |
| 35% | LITERATE | 8 | Can read and write |
| 34% | LITERATE | 8 | Having the knowledge of reading and writing |
| 32% | AMUNET | 6 | Ancient Egyptian goddess and consort of Amun |
| 32% | LITERACY | 8 | Ability to read & write |
| 32% | ILLITERATE | 10 | Unable to read & write |
| 32% | OGHAM | 5 | Ancient Celtic system of writing used in Britain and Ireland, consisting of straight lines drawn or carved perpendicular to one another |
| 31% | ILLITERATE | 10 | Unable to read or write |
| 31% | PAPYRUS | 7 | What Ancient Egyptians wrote on, made from leaves |
| 30% | CUNEIFORM | 9 | Ancient writing of Mesopotamia and Persia |
| 30% | PAPYRUS | 7 | Ancient Egyptian writing surface that was made from an aquatic plant |
| 30% | PROOFREAD | 9 | To find and correct errors in writing |
| 30% | RITE | 4 | Learning to read and w___ is one of the first things taught in school |
| 30% | OSIRIS | 6 | Ancient Egyptian god; ruler of the underworld and judge of the dead |
| 29% | CHECKLIST | 9 | Written tasks to be completed and marked off |
| 29% | LIBRARY | 7 | Place to be quiet and read |
| 29% | PENCIL | 6 | Wood and graphite to write with |
| 29% | PILEITON | 8 | Assign two projects, a long reading and several writing assignments, say |
| 29% | RABAT | 5 | Capital with trains to Casablanca and Marrakesh |
| 29% | LOUISBRAILLE | 12 | Blind educator who invented the touch system of reading and writing named after him: 2 wds. |
| 28% | UPSIDEDOWN | 10 | How to read the "words" written on this puzzle's 108-Across |
| 28% | CLEOPATRA | 9 | Charmian and Iras, maids to this Egyptian queen |
| 28% | POSTCARD | 8 | Photograph to write on and mail when traveling |
| 28% | DOMINOES | 8 | Tiles used to play Mexican Train and Matador |