| 100% | SAMUEL | 6 | Barber who wrote "Adagio for Strings" |
| 78% | SAMUEL | 6 | Barber who composed "Adagio for Strings" |
| 58% | SAMUEL | 6 | “Adagio for Strings” composer Barber |
| 50% | BFLATMINOR | 10 | Barber's "Adagio for Strings" is in it |
| 47% | POE | 3 | Who wrote of "sorrow for the lost Lenore" |
| 47% | CHILDISHGAMBINO | 15 | Rapper who wrote for 30 Rock |
| 46% | TIKI | 4 | Barber who was famous for his cuts |
| 46% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the songs for "Waitress" |
| 46% | DOC | 3 | Person who writes a prescription, for short |
| 46% | LYRICIST | 8 | One who writes the words for songs |
| 46% | ALS | 3 | Hilton who writes for The New Yorker |
| 46% | MCCARTHY | 8 | Cormac who wrote "No Country for Old Men" |
| 46% | MAMET | 5 | David who wrote the screenplay for "The Verdict" |
| 46% | STYNE | 5 | Jule who wrote the music for "Funny Girl" |
| 46% | ALANMENKEN | 10 | EGOT winner who wrote the music for “Aladdin” |
| 46% | INA | 3 | Garten who wrote the cookbook “Cooking for Jeffrey” |
| 45% | HELOISE | 7 | Popular newspaper columnist who writes for Good Housekeeping |
| 45% | LYRICIST | 8 | Someone who writes song words for a living |
| 45% | JELANI | 6 | Historian Cobb who writes for The New Yorker |
| 45% | KEYES | 5 | Daniel who wrote "Flowers for Algernon" |
| 45% | UTAHAGEN | 8 | Actress who wrote "Respect for Acting" |
| 45% | MOORE | 5 | Alan who wrote "V for Vendetta" |
| 45% | UTA | 3 | Hagen who wrote "Respect for Acting" |
| 45% | LYRICIST | 8 | Someone who writes texts for songs |
| 45% | AMORY | 5 | Cleveland who wrote "The Cat Who Came for Christmas" |
| 45% | ELAINE | 6 | "Seinfeld" character who wrote for the J. Peterman catalog |
| 45% | WEILL | 5 | Kurt who wrote the music for "The Threepenny Opera" |
| 45% | EZERWEIZMAN | 11 | Mideast president who wrote "The Battle for Peace," 1981 |
| 45% | HITE | 4 | Shere who wrote "Sexual Honesty: By Women for Women" |
| 45% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for "Waitress" |