| 100% | PAINE | 5 | He wrote that government "is but a necessary evil" |
| 52% | PAINE | 5 | Patriot who said "Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil" |
| 47% | POE | 3 | He wrote "All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream" |
| 40% | DESIARNAZ | 9 | He wrote, “ ‘I Love Lucy’ was never just a title” |
| 39% | ITAL | 4 | A writing style that is slanted: Abbr. |
| 39% | SARTRE | 6 | He wrote "I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating" |
| 39% | SARTRE | 6 | He wrote, "I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating" |
| 38% | TSELIOT | 7 | He wrote "I will show you fear in a handful of dust" |
| 38% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Pope wrote that this insect was broken on a wheel |
| 38% | NEED | 4 | Thing that is necessary but lacking |
| 38% | ETCH | 4 | Write in a way that can't be erased |
| 38% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote the line "But we loved with a love that was more than love" |
| 38% | VOLTAIRE | 8 | He wrote "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him" |
| 37% | HAS | 3 | "Rumor ___ it that he is a wanted felon..." |
| 37% | YEATS | 5 | He wrote "It's certain that fine women eat / A crazy salad with their meat" |
| 36% | POE | 3 | Who wrote "All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream" |
| 36% | HANDSOME | 8 | A car is a beauty in US but he is __ in UK |
| 35% | AESOP | 5 | There was always a point to what he wrote |
| 35% | PENS | 4 | Writing tools that might be kept in a mug |
| 35% | DIARY | 5 | Written journal that might be kept in a nightstand |
| 35% | KANYEWEST | 9 | About whom Obama said "He is a jackass. But he's talented" |
| 35% | DIAMOND | 7 | "___ Lil," play written by Mae West that was a major Broadway success |
| 35% | LIKEST | 6 | Shakespearean slur, He that is __ to a hogshead |
| 34% | ASS | 3 | Working animal that resembles a horse but is smaller and with longer ears |
| 34% | DEADSEA | 7 | George Burns quipped that when he was a boy, it was only sick |
| 34% | SNIGLET | 7 | Term for a word that isn't in the dictionary but should be |
| 34% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote "We loved with a love that was more than love" |
| 34% | MISSEDTHECUT | 12 | "I was in a serious relationship with a hippie, but he ..." |
| 34% | DALI | 4 | Surrealist who claimed that he had never taken drugs but that he himself was a drug |
| 34% | ODE | 3 | Rhymed tribute that may be written to a sweetheart |