| 100% | TSELIOT | 7 | He wrote "I will show you fear in a handful of dust" |
| 69% | HANDFUL | 7 | "I will show you fear in a __ of dust": T S Eliot |
| 39% | WILDE | 5 | He wrote "A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies" |
| 36% | PASTTENSE | 9 | A lot of books are written in it |
| 35% | FRANZKAFKA | 10 | He wrote "I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy" |
| 35% | TOLSTOY | 7 | He wrote the treatise on nonviolence The Kingdom of God Is Within You |
| 35% | MIDAS | 5 | He was given the ears of a donkey, in myth |
| 35% | SARTRE | 6 | He wrote "Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal" |
| 34% | DESADE | 6 | He wrote "The only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment" |
| 34% | CUE | 3 | A long piece of wood you would use in Pool or Snooker |
| 34% | DESIARNAZ | 9 | He wrote, “ ‘I Love Lucy’ was never just a title” |
| 33% | LIMA | 4 | I'm a city in Peru and my nickname is "The City of Kings" |
| 33% | IMAGE | 5 | "There is this ___ I have of him in my mind..." (mental picture) |
| 33% | THOREAU | 7 | He wrote "In wildness is the preservation of the world" |
| 33% | CONVERSATIONS | 13 | "___ With Myself," a compilation of Nelson Mandela's writing, many of which were written while he was in prison |
| 33% | MILAN | 5 | I'm a city in Italy and my nickname is "Fashion Capital of the World" |
| 33% | JANE | 4 | I am considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees and was named a UN Messenger of Peace in 2002 |
| 33% | PINK | 4 | I was a member of the girl group "Choice" before going solo and I played Dede in "Thanks for Sharing" |
| 32% | SOLEMNLY | 8 | How you would swear in a court of law |
| 32% | AWE | 3 | "I am in ___ of you!" (fan's statement) |
| 32% | ERNIE | 5 | He said "I can't hear you, Bert, I've got a banana in my ear" |
| 32% | JOHN | 4 | I wrote "The Fault in Our Stars" and two of my books have been adapted into films |
| 32% | BYTHEROLLINGOFTWODICE | 21 | Mystery Person once wrote a waltz in which the choice of measures played was determined ... |
| 32% | AWE | 3 | "I am in ___ of you!" (I'm amazed by you) |
| 32% | POE | 3 | Who wrote "I dwelt alone / In a world of moan, / And my soul was a stagnant tide" |
| 31% | INNUENDO | 8 | "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?," e.g. |
| 31% | MAYBELLENE | 10 | Song by 17-Across in which he asks a girl, "Why can't you be true?" |
| 31% | NUT | 3 | Reggie Jackson was one of these in 1966 when he played Class A ball with Modesto |
| 31% | JOHNLEGEND | 10 | "All of Me" singer who wrote a song in "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical": 2 wds. |
| 31% | ERASMUS | 7 | He wrote "In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king" |