| 100% | STENOGRAPHER | 12 | Copy writer? (Michael Grant) |
| 58% | SCRIBE | 6 | Copy writer |
| 54% | INNES | 5 | Mystery writer Michael |
| 54% | ENDE | 4 | Fantasy writer Michael |
| 53% | ENDE | 4 | German fantasy writer Michael |
| 50% | CHE | 3 | Former "SNL" co-head writer Michael |
| 49% | CHE | 3 | "Saturday Night Live" co-head writer Michael |
| 49% | ERIC | 4 | "What Truth Sounds Like" writer Michael __ Dyson |
| 49% | AMYS | 4 | Writer Tan and singer Grant |
| 47% | AMOS | 4 | "My Michael" writer _____ Oz |
| 47% | CHE | 3 | "SNL" writer/actor Michael |
| 46% | CRICHTON | 8 | Michael, writer known best for Jurassic Park |
| 46% | CHE | 3 | Writer/actor Michael of "Saturday Night Live" |
| 44% | CRICHTON | 8 | Michael, writer of the sci-fi novel Jurassic Park |
| 43% | CHARLOTTEBRONTE | 15 | Writer whose first book, 1846, sold only two copies |
| 43% | ERIC | 4 | "Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America" writer Michael ___ Dyson |
| 42% | PALIN | 5 | Michael —, writer and star of 1982 film comedy The Missionary |
| 42% | ONDAATJE | 8 | Sri-Lankan writer and author of Warlight, Michael |
| 40% | NEA | 3 | Group that provides grants for writers and painters: Abbr. |
| 40% | OCTAVIABUTLER | 13 | First science-fiction writer to be awarded a MacArthur grant |
| 38% | BAD | 3 | 1987 Michael Jackson album that sold over 35 million copies worldwide |
| 37% | SHAKESPEARE | 11 | William ___, English writer whose books have sold more than 2 billion copies |
| 36% | GILROY | 6 | "Michael Clayton" writer-director Tony |
| 36% | STEEL | 5 | Danielle ___, American romance writer whose books have sold more than 650 million copies |
| 34% | LUDLUM | 6 | Robert, writer who also published novels under the names Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd |
| 33% | THRILLER | 8 | Michael Jackson's music album released in 1982 which holds the record for most copies sold ever |
| 33% | AGATHA | 6 | ___ Christie, English writer of detective novels whose books have sold more than 2 billion copies |
| 31% | AWARD | 5 | Grant |
| 31% | BESTOW | 6 | Grant |
| 31% | ALLOW | 5 | Grant |