| 100% | POE | 3 | Edgar Allan ___, writer who's considered the inventor of detective fiction |
| 60% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who is considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction, and wrote the poem, "The Raven": 3 wds. |
| 42% | DUPIN | 5 | C Auguste —, detective creation of Edgar Allan Poe who first appeared in 1841’s The Murders in the Rue Morgue |
| 42% | DUPIN | 5 | C Auguste —, detective creation of Edgar Allan Poe who first appeared in 1841's The Murders in the Rue Morgue |
| 41% | POE | 3 | Edgar Allan ___: Writer of "The Raven" |
| 39% | MACKENZIE | 9 | Writer who's the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos |
| 39% | CASK | 4 | Edgar Allan Poe's The __ of Amontillado |
| 39% | POE | 3 | Edgar Allan ___, author who created the character of C. Auguste Dupin, a precursor to Sherlock Holmes |
| 39% | POE | 3 | Edgar Allan ___ who wrote "The Cask of Amontillado" |
| 38% | POE | 3 | For whom the Mystery Writers of America named the Edgar Awards |
| 38% | POE | 3 | "The Fall of the House of Usher" writer Edgar Allan ___ |
| 38% | POE | 3 | Poet and writer Edgar Allan, of The Raven |
| 38% | BARR | 4 | American writer of mystery novels, Nevada ___ who created the fictional detective, Anna Pigeon |
| 38% | INSPECTORBUCKET | 15 | “Bleak House” character who was one of the first detectives in English fiction |
| 37% | ERIC | 4 | Clapton who's considered one of the greatest guitarists |
| 37% | KRUPA | 5 | Gene who's considered "the founding father of the modern drum set" |
| 36% | ALI | 3 | Muhammad ___ who's considered the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time |
| 36% | VWOOLF | 6 | *Writer who penned the 1927 essay "The Art of Fiction" |
| 36% | GAR | 3 | ___ Anthony Haywood, writer of crime and mystery fiction who also writes under the name Ray Shannon |
| 36% | RAYBRADBURY | 11 | "S Is for Space" short-story writer who was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1999 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | TESLA | 5 | Inventor for whom the S.I. unit of magnetic-flux density is named |
| 35% | DANIELLESTEEL | 13 | Novelist who is the fourth best-selling fiction writer of all time |
| 35% | LRON | 4 | & 8A US science fiction writer who founded the Church of Scientology |
| 35% | ELI | 3 | Horror director Roth who's considered part of the "Splat Pack" |
| 35% | CLAUDIAJONES | 12 | Activist and writer who’s the subject of the Carole Boyce Davies book “Left of Karl Marx” |
| 34% | ELI | 3 | Whitney who's in the National Inventors Hall of Fame |
| 34% | POE | 3 | Author Edgar Allan ___ who created Detective Dupin |
| 34% | POE | 3 | "The Cask of Amontillado" writer Edgar Allan ___ |
| 34% | SAKICHI | 7 | ___ Toyoda, inventor of an automated fabric-weaving device who is the father of Toyota's founder |