| 100% | SAFIRE | 6 | Columnist William who wrote "On Language" |
| 62% | SERENA | 6 | Williams who wrote "On the Line" |
| 60% | TENNESSEE | 9 | Williams, who wrote Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| 54% | STEIG | 5 | William who wrote "Shrek!" |
| 54% | SAFIRE | 6 | "On Language" columnist William |
| 54% | INGE | 4 | William who wrote "Bus Stop" |
| 53% | BEEBE | 5 | William who wrote "Half Mile Down" |
| 53% | GOLDMAN | 7 | William who wrote The Princess Bride |
| 52% | DEFOE | 5 | Author who wrote on Friday? |
| 52% | ADDRESSER | 9 | One who writes on envelopes |
| 51% | INGE | 4 | William who wrote "What is originality? Undetected plagiarism" |
| 51% | STYRON | 6 | William who wrote "The Confessions of Nat Turner" |
| 51% | SAFIRE | 6 | Longtime "On Language" columnist William |
| 51% | INGE | 4 | American playwright William who wrote "Picnic" |
| 51% | WORDSWORTH | 10 | Poet William who wrote "The Prelude" |
| 51% | INGE | 4 | Playwright William who wrote "Bus Stop" |
| 51% | SCRIBES | 7 | Educated Egyptians who wrote on scrolls |
| 51% | KEROUAC | 7 | Jack who wrote On The Road |
| 50% | INGE | 4 | American playwright William who wrote "Bus Stop" |
| 49% | PETERSEN | 8 | William who plays Grissom on "CSI" |
| 49% | PETERSEN | 8 | William who played Gil on CSI |
| 49% | INGE | 4 | William who wrote "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" |
| 48% | FAULKNER | 8 | 1949 Literature Nobelist William who wrote "Light in August" |
| 48% | SCRIBES | 7 | Early record-keepers, who wrote on clay or papyrus |
| 48% | LUCRETIUS | 9 | Epicurean poet who wrote On the Nature of Things |
| 48% | CRESS | 5 | Williams who played Scooter on "Living Single" |
| 48% | ANSON | 5 | Williams who played Potsie on Happy Days |
| 48% | OSLER | 5 | Sir William who wrote "The Principles and Practice of Medicine" |
| 47% | SEUSS | 5 | "Doctor" who wrote "Hop on Pop" |
| 47% | MARCET | 6 | Jane, who wrote Conversations on Chemistry |