| 100% | JONSON | 6 | English playwright who wrote The Alchemist, Ben __ |
| 54% | PINTER | 6 | Harold, playwright who wrote The Caretaker |
| 54% | AESCHYLUS | 9 | Ancient playwright who wrote the Oresteian Trilogy |
| 54% | IONESCO | 7 | Romanian playwright who wrote The Bald Soprano |
| 53% | ODETS | 5 | Playwright who wrote the screenplay for The Sweet Smell of Success |
| 52% | CHAUCER | 7 | English poet who wrote The Canterbury Tales |
| 48% | AAMILNE | 7 | English author who wrote the children's classic "Winnie-the-Pooh" (3 wds.) |
| 47% | RUDYARDKIPLING | 14 | English author who wrote the children's literature at 18- and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ALEXANDERPOPE | 13 | English poet who wrote "Hope springs eternal in the human breast" |
| 47% | IBSEN | 5 | Playwright Henrik, who wrote The Doll's House |
| 46% | ALFREDNOYES | 11 | English poet who wrote "The Highwayman" |
| 46% | COELHO | 6 | Paulo who wrote "The Alchemist" |
| 46% | PAULO | 5 | Coelho who wrote "The Alchemist" |
| 45% | OCASEY | 6 | Playwright Sean who wrote "The Plough and the Stars" |
| 45% | TENNYSON | 8 | English poet Alfred who wrote The Lady of Shalott |
| 45% | SEAN | 4 | Irish playwright who wrote "The Shadow of a Gunman" |
| 44% | MILTON | 6 | John ___, English poet who wrote the epic poem "Paradise Lost" |
| 44% | ORTON | 5 | Playwright Joe who wrote "What the Butler Saw" |
| 44% | OCASEY | 6 | Playwright Sean who wrote "Juno and the Paycock" |
| 44% | ARISTOPHANES | 12 | Ancient Greek playwright who wrote comedies, including "The Frogs" |
| 42% | ISAAC | 5 | ___ Watts, English hymnist who wrote "Joy to the World" |
| 42% | PAYNE | 5 | John Howard —, American actor-playwright who wrote the lyrics to song Home Sweet Home |
| 41% | MAMET | 5 | Playwright who wrote "Glengarry Glen Ross" |
| 41% | ALBEE | 5 | Playwright Edward who wrote "The Zoo Story" |
| 41% | ENO | 3 | Playwright Will who wrote "The Realistic Joneses" |
| 41% | IONESCO | 7 | Absurdist playwright who wrote Rhinoceros |
| 41% | MOLIERE | 7 | French playwright who wrote Tartuffe |
| 40% | PLATO | 5 | Philosopher who wrote the "Republic" |
| 40% | BOCCACCIO | 9 | Italian who wrote The Decameron |
| 40% | VIRGIL | 6 | Poet who wrote the Aeneid |