| 100% | LESAGE | 6 | French writer of ''Facts are stubborn things'' |
| 66% | LESAGE | 6 | French writer who coined the phrase "Facts are stubborn things" |
| 48% | IVEGOTTHIS | 10 | Reassurance from one who might not, in fact, be on top of things |
| 46% | CAMUS | 5 | French writer of the Stranger; existentialist |
| 46% | SARTRE | 6 | French writer of 1940s and 50s |
| 45% | RABELAIS | 8 | 16th-century French writer of Pantagruel |
| 43% | PROUSTSSTUPOR | 13 | French writer's state of drunkenness? |
| 41% | DOROTHYWEST | 11 | Writer of the 1948 novel "The Living Is Easy" |
| 40% | THESE | 5 | "___ are a few of my favorite things ..." |
| 40% | INA | 3 | "Matter of fact, he'll be here ___ minute" |
| 40% | DONTS | 5 | Things that are out of bounds |
| 40% | GERMS | 5 | Things a mysophobe is afraid of |
| 39% | MARYORR | 7 | Writer of the story upon which "All About Eve" is based |
| 39% | MARYORR | 7 | Writer of the story on which "All About Eve" is based |
| 39% | ARUNDHATI | 9 | __ Roy, Indian writer of The God of Small Things |
| 39% | OZEKI | 5 | Ruth, writer of A Tale For The Time Being |
| 39% | FEW | 3 | "These are a ___ of my favorite things" |
| 39% | FEW | 3 | "These are a ___ of my favorite things..." |
| 39% | FEW | 3 | "These are a ___ of my favorite things ... " |
| 39% | PRIDEANDJOY | 11 | Thing of which one is very proud |
| 39% | FRANCOPHILE | 11 | Lover of all things french |
| 39% | ETES | 4 | Part of French "to be" |
| 39% | RIVIERE | 7 | Jacques —, French writer and critic; author of 1912 collection Etudes |
| 39% | GIL | 3 | ___ Scott-Heron, writer of "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" |
| 38% | PRIMOLEVI | 9 | Italian chemist and writer of If This is a Man |
| 38% | TUESBELLE | 9 | French for "You are beautiful!" [3rd of 7] |
| 38% | ADDITIONS | 9 | Things that have been incorporated, became part of |
| 38% | SENDAK | 6 | "Where the Wild Things Are" writer |
| 38% | REALITY | 7 | State of things as they are |
| 38% | PAGES | 5 | Books are full of these things |