| 100% | TORI | 4 | First name of the author of the celebrity memoir "Spelling It Like It Is" |
| 50% | TARA | 4 | Author Westover whose memoir is spelled out in the first letters of this puzzle's eight circled schools |
| 49% | ILHAN | 5 | First name of the This Is What America Looks Like memoirist |
| 46% | HONORE | 6 | First name of the author of “La Comédie Humaine” |
| 46% | PORT | 4 | Wine whose name is the first half of its country of origin |
| 46% | HARPER | 6 | First name of the author of To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 46% | SOLOMON | 7 | First name of the author of “Twelve Years a Slave” |
| 46% | ELIE | 4 | First name of the author of A Journey Into Faith |
| 44% | ROALD | 5 | First name of the author that Patricia Neal married |
| 44% | PAT | 3 | First name of the singer of Love is a Battlefield |
| 43% | CARY | 4 | First name on the cover of the memoir As You Wish |
| 43% | SYLVIA | 6 | First name of Plath, author of The Bell Jar |
| 43% | NORI | 4 | Food whose name spelled backwards is the name of a nutrient that it contains |
| 42% | TORI | 4 | First name of the actress daughter of Aaron Spelling |
| 42% | TONYCURTIS | 10 | "Some Like It Hot" star whose first name is the same as a Broadway award: 2 wds. |
| 42% | GOOGLE | 6 | Company whose name is spelled with up to 10 O's toward the bottom of its webpages |
| 41% | TONI | 4 | First name of the most-selected author in Oprah's Book Club |
| 41% | SPONGEBOB | 9 | First name of the cartoon character whose best friend is Patrick Star |
| 41% | IKE | 3 | First name of the musician who was Tina Turner's ex-husband |
| 41% | VIRGINIA | 8 | First name of To the Lighthouse author Woolf |
| 40% | OGDEN | 5 | First name of the poet who wrote “Candy / Is dandy / But liquor / Is quicker” |
| 40% | OLYMPIADUKAKIS | 14 | "Moonstruck" actress whose first name is the capital of Washington: 2 wds. |
| 40% | UAE | 3 | The end of its name is also its natl. airline |
| 40% | BEV | 3 | Abbreviation for the first name of author Cleary |
| 40% | ERLE | 4 | First name of the best-selling American author of the 20th century (as of 1970) |
| 40% | PARISHILTON | 11 | "The Simple Life" star whose first name is the capital of France: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MARION | 6 | Real first name of the Iowa actor who was known as the "Duke" |
| 40% | SOFIAVERGARA | 12 | "Modern Family" star whose first name is the capital of Bulgaria: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DAVEPELZER | 10 | Author of memoirs A Child Called It and The Lost Boy |
| 39% | CYNDI | 5 | First name of the well-known singer who was musical director for the film "The Goonies" |