100% | AUGUSTWILSON | 12 | Black American playwright who wrote "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom": 2 wds. |
55% | VIOLADAVIS | 10 | "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" actress who plays General Nanisca in 26-Across (2 wds.) |
48% | LOUISEERDRICH | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 2012's "The Round House": 2 wds. |
44% | BOSEMAN | 7 | Chadwick who won a posthumous Golden Globe for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" |
44% | VIOLA | 5 | Actress Davis who plays the title role in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" |
43% | SHERMANALEXIE | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 2007's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian": 2 wds. |
43% | CHADWICK | 8 | ___ Boseman, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" actor who was posthumously nominated for an Academy Award |
43% | AUGUSTWILSON | 12 | Playwright of the month who wrote "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson": 2 wds. |
42% | DANBROWN | 8 | American author who wrote the bestselling thriller series including "The Da Vinci Code": 2 wds. |
41% | RLSTINE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's series "Goosebumps" (3 wds.) |
41% | DANIELLESTEEL | 13 | American author who wrote "A Perfect Life" and is currently the bestselling author alive: 2 wds. |
40% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | Former U.S. president who wrote "An American Life" (2 wds.) |
40% | JOHNSTEINBECK | 13 | American author of "The Grapes of Wrath" who also wrote the screenplay for "Viva Zapata!": 2 wds. |
40% | LOUISEERDRICH | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 18-Across, 44-Across, and 2020's "The Night Watchman" (2 wds.) |
39% | EBWHITE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's classic "Charlotte's Web" (3 wds.) |
39% | JORDANSPIETH | 12 | American golfer who won the 2015 U.S. Open: 2 wds. |
39% | DUSTINJOHNSON | 13 | American golfer who won the 2016 U.S. Open: 2 wds. |
39% | BROOKSKOEPKA | 12 | American golfer who won the 2017 U.S. Open: 2 wds. |
39% | JONATHANSWIFT | 13 | Irish author who wrote "Gulliver's Travels": 2 wds. |
39% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | American author of "The Godfather" who also wrote the screenplay for 1978 film "Superman": 2 wds. |
39% | SIDNEYSHELDON | 13 | American author who wrote "If Tomorrow Comes", and won an Academy Award for "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer": 2 wds. |
39% | WALTWHITMAN | 11 | American poet and essayist often called the father of free verse and who wrote the poem "Song of Myself": 2 wds. |
39% | OSCARWILDE | 10 | Irish poet and playwright who wrote only one novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" in his lifetime: 2 wds. |
39% | VIOLA | 5 | "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" star Davis |
39% | DAVIS | 5 | "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Oscar nominee |
39% | INGE | 4 | William ___, American playwright who wrote "Picnic" |
38% | STEPHENCOLBERT | 14 | American late night show host who wrote the book "I Am America (And So Can You!)": 2 wds. |
38% | BOSEMAN | 7 | Chadwick of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" |
38% | TRACYMORGAN | 11 | Brian Fellow portrayer on "SNL" who wrote the memoir "I Am the New Black": 2 wds. |
38% | JASONBIGGS | 10 | "Orange Is the New Black" actor who played Jim in 1999's "American Pie": 2 wds. |