| 100% | POWTER | 6 | Canadian singer who wrote "Bad Day": Daniel __ |
| 60% | TAYLOR | 6 | __ Swift, singer who wrote Bad Blood |
| 50% | LEONARDCOHEN | 12 | Canadian singer/songwriter who wrote and recorded 34-Across in 1984 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ADAMS | 5 | Bryan ___, Canadian singer who won a Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media in 1992 |
| 48% | ISAAC | 5 | Singer who wrote |
| 47% | COHEN | 5 | Canadian folk singer Leonard who wrote Hallelujah |
| 46% | LENNON | 6 | Singer who wrote "Imagine": John __ |
| 46% | NEIL | 4 | ___ Young, famed Canadian singer-songwriter of CSNY, who also wrote the score for the film "Dead Man" |
| 42% | SAMSMITH | 8 | Singer who wrote The Writing's on the Wall in 2015 |
| 42% | KITINGHENRYIV | 13 | Shakespearean play about a monarch who writes bad checks? |
| 42% | DRAKE | 5 | Canadian singer/rapper who released 34-Across |
| 42% | ANKA | 4 | Singer who appeared in "The Longest Day" |
| 41% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Singer who wrote the poetry collection "The Lords and the New Creatures" |
| 41% | SIA | 3 | One-named singer who wrote Rihanna's hit song "Diamonds" |
| 41% | CHER | 4 | One-named singer who wrote the memoir "The First Time" |
| 41% | KESHA | 5 | Singer who's written for Spears and Cyrus |
| 41% | COLE | 4 | Porter who wrote "Night and Day" |
| 40% | DEFOE | 5 | Daniel who wrote "Robinson Crusoe" |
| 40% | DEFOE | 5 | Daniel who wrote ''Robinson Crusoe'' |
| 40% | JEWEL | 5 | "Foolish Games" singer who wrote the poetry volume "A Night Without Armor" |
| 40% | JUNECARTERCASH | 14 | "A Good Man" singer who wrote "Mother Maybelle's Cookbook": 3 wds. |
| 39% | KEYES | 5 | Daniel who wrote "Flowers for Algernon" |
| 39% | ELTON | 5 | Singer for whom Bernie wrote lyrics |
| 39% | ANKA | 4 | Canadian singer Paul who cowrote "This Is It" with Michael Jackson |
| 39% | ROXANE | 6 | US author Gay, who wrote Hunger and Bad Feminist |
| 39% | MIRANDAJULY | 11 | Author and filmmaker who wrote “The First Bad Man” |
| 39% | VERNE | 5 | Jules who wrote "Around the World in 80 Days" |
| 38% | MITSKI | 6 | Singer who wrote the lyric "Give me one good movie kiss and I'll be alright" |
| 38% | PATTILABELLE | 12 | "New Attitude" singer who wrote the cookbook "Recipes for the Good Life": 2 wds. |
| 38% | BELLOC | 6 | Hilaire who wrote "The Bad Child's Book of Beasts" |