| 100% | KEENE | 5 | Carolyn ___ (pen name for the writers of the Nancy Drew mysteries) |
| 67% | KEENE | 5 | Writer Carolyn, the pen name of more than 10 authors of the Nancy Drew series |
| 59% | KEENE | 5 | Carolyn ___, pseudonym of the Nancy Drew writers |
| 55% | KEENE | 5 | Carolyn __, Nancy Drew writers' pen name |
| 52% | POE | 3 | For whom the Mystery Writers of America named the Edgar Awards |
| 52% | POE | 3 | The Mystery Writers of America's awards are named for him |
| 50% | POE | 3 | Baltimore Ravens' mascot named for the writer of "The Raven" |
| 48% | EDGAR | 5 | Mystery award named for the author of "The Imp of the Perverse" |
| 48% | SAKI | 4 | Pen name for the short-story writer H. H. Munro |
| 46% | MARKTWAIN | 9 | Pen name of the American writer born Samuel Clemens: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ELIOT | 5 | George ___, pen name of the Victorian writer Mary Ann Evans |
| 44% | RUTHRENDELL | 11 | Mystery writer behind the pen name Barbara Vine (2 wds.) |
| 43% | POE | 3 | The Mystery Writers of America have an award named after him |
| 43% | AGE | 3 | 90, for the Nancy Drew series, as of 2020 |
| 42% | RUTHRENDELL | 11 | Mystery writer who also wrote under the pen name Barbara Vine (2 wds.) |
| 42% | KEENE | 5 | Carolyn ___, pen name on "Nancy Drew" books |
| 42% | KEENE | 5 | Carolyn ___ (Nancy Drew series pen name) |
| 42% | COCCYX | 6 | Medical name for the tailbone of the spine |
| 41% | KEYS | 4 | "The Clue of the Black ___" (Nancy Drew mystery) |
| 41% | OCEANIA | 7 | Collective name for the islands of the Pacific Ocean |
| 41% | TORRS | 5 | Pressure units named for the inventor of the barometer |
| 41% | TBONE | 5 | Cut named for the shape of the lumbar vertebra |
| 41% | MANILA | 6 | Type of folder named for the capital of the Philippines |
| 41% | BELLPEPPER | 10 | North American name for the fruit of the capsicum plant |
| 41% | ALLSOULS | 8 | College named for the dead of the 100 Years' War |
| 41% | MONDAY | 6 | 24-hour period named for the day of the moon |
| 41% | HOGLET | 6 | Name for the young of prickly garden mammal |
| 40% | COOPER | 6 | Writer for whose father the National Baseball Hall of Fame city was named |
| 40% | PIVOT | 5 | Alternate name for the position of the team's tallest player |
| 40% | RIDINGS | 7 | The name for the division of Yorkshire into thirds |