| 100% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | Author of "The Tell-Tale Heart" |
| 100% | POE | 3 | Author of "The Tell-Tale Heart" |
| 95% | POE | 3 | Author of "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Raven" |
| 85% | ALLANPOE | 8 | Edgar __, horror writer of The Tell-Tale Heart |
| 83% | POE | 3 | Author of "The Gold-Bug" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" |
| 77% | CHAUCER | 7 | Author of the Canterbury Tales |
| 76% | ATWOOD | 6 | Author of The Handmaid's Tale |
| 76% | GOSCINNY | 8 | Author of the Astérix tales, René __ |
| 75% | PARANOIA | 8 | Theme of "The Tell-Tale Heart" |
| 74% | POE | 3 | "The Tell-Tale Heart" author |
| 73% | LAURABUSH | 9 | Author of the memoir "Spoken From the Heart" (2010) |
| 72% | POE | 3 | "The Tell-Tale Heart" author Edgar Allan ___ |
| 72% | EDGAR | 5 | "The Tell-Tale Heart" author ___ Allan Poe |
| 72% | POE | 3 | “The Tell-Tale Heart” author Edgar Allan ___ |
| 71% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of the concise yet evocative story told in this puzzle |
| 71% | GRAHAM | 6 | __ Greene, UK author of The Heart of the Matter |
| 71% | POE | 3 | Edgar Allan ___, "The Tell-Tale Heart" author |
| 70% | DUNN | 4 | Nell —, author of the stage plays Steaming and Cancer Tales |
| 69% | JULIEMYERSON | 12 | Author of novels The Stopped Heart and Laura Blundy |
| 69% | CHAUCER | 7 | Geoffrey __, author of the Canterbury Tales |
| 68% | SETTERFIELD | 11 | Diane —, author of 2006 novel The Thirteenth Tale |
| 68% | MEN | 3 | "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead ___ Tell No Tales" |
| 67% | MURASAKISHIKIBU | 15 | Author of “The Tale of Genji,” often called the world’s first novel |
| 67% | BEATRIX | 7 | The Tale of Peter Rabbit author, __ Potter |
| 67% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" and its sequel, "The Testaments": 2 wds. |
| 66% | SLOANE | 6 | ___ Crosley, author of the 2008 best seller "I Was Told There'd Be Cake" |
| 65% | CHAUCER | 7 | Author of "The Canterbury Tales" |
| 65% | PERRAULT | 8 | Charles —, French author of fairy tales Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty |
| 65% | ATWOOD | 6 | Author of "The Handmaid's Tale" Margaret __ |
| 64% | DANRHODES | 9 | Author of 2001 short story collection Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love |