| 100% | BEHAN | 5 | Brendan who wrote "Borstal Boy" |
| 58% | ODETS | 5 | Clifford who wrote "Golden Boy" |
| 57% | RENAULT | 7 | Mary who wrote “The Persian Boy” |
| 55% | HORNBY | 6 | English novelist Nick who wrote "About a Boy" |
| 55% | ALGER | 5 | Horatio who wrote about down-and-out boys |
| 54% | SHEL | 4 | Silverstein who wrote "A Boy Named Sue" |
| 54% | TOBIAS | 6 | Wolff who wrote "This Boy's Life" |
| 54% | IRA | 3 | Levin who wrote "The Boys From Brazil" |
| 54% | KAHN | 4 | Roger who wrote "The Boys of Summer" |
| 53% | SHEL | 4 | Poet Silverstein who wrote the song "A Boy Named Sue" |
| 53% | SHIA | 4 | LaBeouf who wrote and starred in 2019's "Honey Boy" |
| 53% | HAN | 3 | Author Jenny who wrote the To All the Boys series |
| 52% | IRA | 3 | Levin who wrote “The Stepford Wives” and “The Boys from Brazil” |
| 50% | ELI | 3 | Author Gottlieb who wrote "The Boy Who Went Away" |
| 50% | BEHAN | 5 | "Borstal Boy" author Brendan |
| 49% | NICKHORNBY | 10 | British author who wrote "About a Boy," 16-Across, and 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | SHEL | 4 | Silverstein who wrote the words and music for Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" |
| 46% | SHEL | 4 | Poet Silverstein who wrote "A Boy Named Sue," made popular by Johnny Cash |
| 43% | BRENDAN | 7 | __ Behan, author of Borstal Boy |
| 43% | NASH | 4 | Who wrote "Parsley / Is gharsley" |
| 42% | ISAAC | 5 | Singer who wrote |
| 42% | ANNE | 4 | Rice who wrote |
| 42% | SHERE | 5 | Hite who writes |
| 42% | PENNER | 6 | One who writes |
| 42% | MANILOW | 7 | Barry who sings "I Write the Songs" (which was written by Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys) |
| 42% | FRASER | 6 | Brendan who won Best Actor 2023 |
| 41% | IRA | 3 | Levin who wrote "Deathtrap" |
| 41% | HALEY | 5 | Alex who wrote "Roots" |
| 41% | ZOLA | 4 | Emile who wrote "Nana" |
| 41% | TINA | 4 | Fey who wrote "Bossypants" |