| 100% | WILDE | 5 | Author who wrote "Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life" |
| 45% | VICTORHUGO | 10 | Poet who wrote "My heart has far more fire than you can frost to chill" |
| 45% | DEAN | 4 | Author Koontz who has written more than 100 books |
| 44% | NORA | 4 | Author Roberts who has written more than 225 romance novels |
| 40% | WILLA | 5 | Author who wrote about frontier life |
| 36% | AYNRAND | 7 | Author who wrote "Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today" |
| 36% | JOHNMUIR | 8 | Who said "In every walk with Nature, one receives far more than he seeks" |
| 35% | DANIELLE | 8 | Steel who wrote more than 140 romance novels |
| 34% | CATO | 4 | Who wrote "Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise" |
| 34% | DANIELLESTEEL | 13 | American author who wrote "A Perfect Life" and is currently the bestselling author alive: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SEUSS | 5 | Children's author who wrote "There is no one alive who is you-er than you!" |
| 33% | ELENAFERRANTE | 13 | Pseudonymous author who wrote, “Unlike stories, real life, when it has passed, inclines toward obscurity, not clarity” |
| 33% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote "We loved with a love that was more than love" |
| 32% | ROTH | 4 | Veronica ___, "Divergent" author who curated a Tumblr blog called "The Art of Not Writing" |
| 32% | AMPLE | 5 | Far more than meager |
| 32% | WET | 3 | Far more than damp |
| 32% | INAWE | 5 | Far more than admiring |
| 32% | AMPLE | 5 | Far more than enough |
| 32% | GUSTS | 5 | Far more than breezes |
| 31% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote the line "But we loved with a love that was more than love" |
| 31% | LOTS | 4 | Far more than several score |
| 31% | TERROR | 6 | Far more than a handful |
| 31% | DEFOE | 5 | Author who wrote on Friday? |
| 31% | SEUSS | 5 | Author who wrote about Octember |
| 31% | ALOT | 4 | Far more than needed: 2 wds. |
| 31% | UTILE | 5 | Far more than just being decorative |
| 30% | DANIELLESTEEL | 13 | Bestselling romance novelist who has written more than 200 books, including 18-Across and 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | ANNERICE | 8 | Author who wrote Interview with the Vampire |
| 30% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel The Godfather |
| 30% | LINCARTER | 9 | Author who wrote the Thongor fantasy series |