| 100% | MOZART | 6 | Composer who wrote the Prague Symphony in 1786 |
| 47% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Composer Stephen, who wrote Send in the Clowns |
| 47% | ROSSINI | 7 | Composer who wrote the "William Tell Overture" |
| 47% | NEDROREM | 8 | Composer who wrote the book "The Paris Diaries" |
| 46% | BACH | 4 | Classical composer who wrote the Brandenburg Concertos |
| 46% | IRVINGBERLIN | 12 | Composer who wrote the songs for 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | RAVEL | 5 | French composer who wrote the ballet Daphnis et Chloé |
| 43% | HAYDN | 5 | Joseph who wrote the "Surprise" Symphony |
| 43% | GRAHAME | 7 | Kenneth, who wrote The Wind in the Willows |
| 43% | SEUSS | 5 | Doctor who wrote The Cat in the Hat |
| 43% | QUINCYJONES | 11 | Composer who wrote "The Streetbeater," the theme song for 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | MOZART | 6 | Composer who wrote his first concerto at the age of five |
| 42% | HELLER | 6 | Joseph who wrote the play “We Bombed in New Haven” |
| 42% | ISLA | 4 | Actress Fisher who wrote the "Marge in Charge" book series |
| 42% | ISLA | 4 | Actress Fisher who writes the "Marge in Charge" kids' books |
| 42% | YANNI | 5 | Composer Chryssomallis, who wrote "Seven Billion Dreams" in 2015 for NASA's 15th anniversary of the ISS |
| 42% | JEAN | 4 | Shepherd who wrote "The Ferrari in the Bedroom" |
| 42% | SEUSS | 5 | "Doctor" who wrote "The Cat in the Hat" |
| 42% | TWAIN | 5 | Who wrote "When in doubt, tell the truth" |
| 42% | MOZART | 6 | Composer who wrote "The Magic Flute" |
| 41% | LECARRE | 7 | John, who wrote The Spy Who Came In from the Cold |
| 41% | SAMSMITH | 8 | Singer who wrote The Writing's on the Wall in 2015 |
| 41% | LONI | 4 | Actress Anderson who wrote the memoir "My Life in High Heels" |
| 41% | ANTONINDVORAK | 13 | Composer who completed nine symphonies, including the "New World" |
| 41% | ITALO | 5 | Writer Calvino who wrote "The Baron in the Trees" |
| 41% | UECKER | 6 | Bob who wrote "Catcher in the Wry" |
| 41% | ALEC | 4 | Waugh who wrote "Island in the Sun" |
| 41% | GORE | 4 | Al who wrote "Earth in the Balance" |
| 41% | GAELS | 5 | Ones who wrote in the Ogham alphabet |
| 41% | GEORGE | 6 | Saunders who wrote Lincoln in the Bardo |