| 100% | JOEL | 4 | Billy ___, singer-songwriter who wrote the song "Piano Man" |
| 67% | SMITH | 5 | Patti ___, singer and songwriter who wrote the song "Dancing Barefoot" |
| 63% | BOB | 3 | ___ Seger, singer-songwriter who wrote the song "Turn the page" |
| 63% | ERIC | 4 | ___ Clapton, singer-songwriter who wrote the song "Believe in Life" |
| 59% | ANKA | 4 | Singer/songwriter Paul who wrote the memoir (and the song) "My Way" |
| 57% | ANKA | 4 | Singer-songwriter Paul who wrote the memoir (and the song) "My Way" |
| 53% | COHEN | 5 | Leonard who wrote the song "Hallelujah" |
| 53% | OTIS | 4 | Redding who wrote the song "Respect" |
| 52% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the songs for "Waitress" |
| 51% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | Singer/songwriter who wrote music and lyrics for the stage adaptation of "Waitress" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | MIRANDA | 7 | Lin-Manuel who wrote the songs for 16-Across |
| 50% | MANILOW | 7 | "I Write the Songs" singer |
| 50% | SHEL | 4 | Poet Silverstein who wrote the song "A Boy Named Sue" |
| 50% | IRVINGBERLIN | 12 | Composer who wrote the songs for 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | SMITH | 5 | Singer Patti who wrote the memoir "Just Kids" |
| 49% | PATTI | 5 | Singer/songwriter Smith who wrote the memoir "Just Kids" |
| 49% | MILEY | 5 | Singer Cyrus who wrote the memoir "Miles to Go" |
| 49% | LYRICIST | 8 | One who writes the words for songs |
| 49% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | "Better Man" songwriter who won the 2017 CMA Award for Song of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 49% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | "Love Song" singer who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "Waitress": 2 wds. |
| 48% | SARA | 4 | Singer Bareilles who wrote the music for the Broadway show "Waitress" |
| 48% | SARA | 4 | Singer Bareilles who wrote the music for the Broadway musical "Waitress" |
| 48% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | American who wrote The Old Man and the Sea |
| 48% | LATTO | 5 | American rapper who wrote the 2022 song Big Energy |
| 48% | MEL | 3 | Jazz singer Tormé who wrote "The Christmas Song" |
| 48% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | "Piano Man" singer who once boxed on the Golden Gloves circuit: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MALRAUX | 7 | André who wrote The Human Condition aka Man's Fate |
| 47% | OCASEK | 6 | Ric who wrote the hit song "My Best Friend's Girl" |
| 47% | ALGREN | 6 | Nelson who wrote "The Man With the Golden Arm" |
| 47% | RAYE | 4 | UK singer-songwriter, wrote the 2022 song Escapism |