| 100% | ARP | 3 | Bill ___, pen-name for American writer and politician, Charles Smith |
| 46% | LEWIS | 5 | ___ Carroll, pen name for the author and poet Charles Dodgson |
| 44% | ELIA | 4 | Pen name for Charles Lamb |
| 42% | GREENBACK | 9 | Informal name for American dollar bills |
| 41% | SAKI | 4 | Pen name for the short-story writer H. H. Munro |
| 39% | TICTACTOE | 9 | American name for noughts and crosses |
| 38% | MARKTWAIN | 9 | Pen name of the American writer born Samuel Clemens: 2 wds. |
| 36% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who is famous for his work "The Pit and the Pendulum": 3 wds. |
| 36% | ANNLANDERS | 10 | Pen name used for 56 years by advice columnists Ruth Crowley and Eppie Lederer: 2 wds. |
| 35% | BELL | 4 | ___ hooks, pen name for the author and poet Gloria Jean Watkins |
| 34% | ALIAS | 5 | Pen name, for example |
| 34% | JAMESBEARD | 10 | Chef and cookbook writer for whom a culinary award is named (2 wds.) |
| 33% | AOC | 3 | American politician and activist who is a US representative for NY's 14th congressional district: Abbr. |
| 33% | FROST | 5 | American writer Robert, who won four Pulitzers and the Congressional Gold Medal, and is best known for "The Road Not Taken" |
| 33% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American gothic writer known for his works like "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart": 3 wds. |
| 33% | POE | 3 | Edgar Allan ___, American writer and poet |
| 33% | ELI | 3 | ___ Edwards, pen name for Claude McKay |
| 33% | ANNE | 4 | ___ Rice, American gothic writer known for her works like "Interview with The Vampire" and "Pandora" |
| 33% | MULANEY | 7 | John ___, American stand-up comedian and actor who was a writer for "Saturday Night Live" |
| 32% | SCOTT | 5 | American writer F. ___ Fitzgerald, regarded as one of the best ever from America and is known for novels like "The Great Gatsby" |
| 32% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Prolific children's writer and illustrator who used his real middle name as part of his pen name (2 wds.) |
| 32% | THEO | 4 | ___ LeSieg (former pen name for Dr. Seuss) |
| 32% | APACHE | 6 | __ trout; fish species named for American Indians |
| 32% | ELIA | 4 | Pen name of Charles Lamb |
| 32% | CLASSIC | 7 | Fall ___, another name for the annual MLB World Series played between the champions of the American League and the National League |
| 32% | HPLOVECRAFT | 11 | American gothic writer known for his works like "The Shadow Out of Time" and "The Dunwich Horror": 3 wds. |
| 32% | STEPHENKING | 11 | American gothic writer known for his works like "It" and "The Shining" that were adapted into movies: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ALEICHEM | 8 | Hebrew greeting and writer's pen name: Sholem __ |
| 32% | NOMDE | 5 | ___ plume (pen name for a writer): 2 wds. |
| 32% | HENRY | 5 | O. ___ Award, an annual American award for short stories which is named after writer William Sydney Porter |