| 100% | MAO | 3 | He wrote "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" |
| 78% | MAO | 3 | Leader who said "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" |
| 45% | BAYONET | 7 | A long blade attached to the barrel of a gun |
| 40% | BREECH | 6 | Back end of a gun barrel, end nearest the stock |
| 40% | FERLINGHETTI | 12 | He wrote A Coney Island of the Mind |
| 38% | JOEEGG | 6 | Peter Nichols wrote A Day in the Death of him |
| 38% | FOLLICLE | 8 | Small cavity in the skin that a hair grows out of |
| 37% | ISAWTHELIGHT | 12 | Biopic about 18-Across, and the title of a classic gospel song he wrote: 4 wds. |
| 37% | BART | 4 | He writes on a chalkboard at the beginning of each episode of "The Simpsons" |
| 37% | CALIBER | 7 | Diameter of the bore of a gun, bullet measure |
| 36% | DESADE | 6 | He wrote "The only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment" |
| 36% | ONTAP | 5 | Straight out of the barrel |
| 36% | PEZ | 3 | Candy that comes out of the neck of a dispenser |
| 36% | PLATO | 5 | He wrote "Knowledge is the food of the soul" |
| 35% | EYE | 3 | "The Bluest ___," 1970 novel written by Toni Morrison which is about a young girl growing up during the years of Great Depression |
| 35% | OSHA | 4 | Watchdog agency that grew out of the Bureau of Labor Standards (Abbr.) |
| 35% | LET | 3 | ___ the cat out of the bag (reveal a secret) |
| 35% | STEM | 4 | Flower part that grows out of the ground |
| 35% | CLUBSODA | 8 | Provider of the fizz in a gin fizz |
| 35% | SPROUT | 6 | Pop out of the ground like a plant |
| 35% | KAL | 3 | Actor Penn whose character was written out of "House" so he could work at the White House |
| 35% | PANAMACANAL | 11 | A way out of the Caribbean |
| 35% | DREDGE | 6 | Scoop mud out from the bottom of a river |
| 35% | ONE | 3 | Number spelled out on the back of a penny |
| 35% | NAEL | 4 | Author of a poem that runs "The tiger / He destroyed his cage / Yes / YES / The tiger is out" |
| 35% | BREECH | 6 | Back of a gun barrel |
| 35% | MUZZLE | 6 | End of a gun barrel |
| 34% | BAYONET | 7 | Dagger type weapon on the end of a gun muzzle |
| 34% | MAO | 3 | He was the subject of a Warhol painting |
| 34% | WIDE | 4 | Out of the strike zone, in a way |