| 100% | ABBIE | 5 | Hoffman who wrote "Steal This Book" |
| 95% | ABBIE | 5 | Revolutionist Hoffman who wrote "Steal This Book" |
| 95% | ABBIE | 5 | Radical Hoffman who wrote "Steal This Book" |
| 58% | ABBIE | 5 | "Steal This Book" writer Hoffman |
| 58% | ABBIE | 5 | "Steal This Book" author Hoffman |
| 53% | ALDA | 4 | Alan who wrote the book "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?" |
| 50% | ABBIE | 5 | Hoffman who wrote "Revolution for the Hell of It" |
| 49% | AUTHOR | 6 | Person who writes books |
| 48% | AUTHOR | 6 | Person who writes a book |
| 48% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Novelist who wrote "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" and the other three frequently banned books in this puzzle (2 wds.) |
| 47% | GIULIANI | 8 | Politician who wrote the book "Leadership" |
| 46% | FEY | 3 | Comedian Tina who wrote the book "Bossypants" |
| 46% | LEAR | 4 | Edward who wrote "A Book of Nonsense" |
| 46% | HERODOTUS | 9 | Greek who wrote the first history book |
| 46% | JANE | 4 | Goodall who wrote "The Book of Hope" |
| 46% | IAN | 3 | Fleming, who wrote the James Bond books |
| 46% | SUE | 3 | Grafton who wrote 25 "Alphabet Mystery" books |
| 46% | ANNOTATOR | 9 | One who writes notes on a book |
| 46% | NEDROREM | 8 | Composer who wrote the book "The Paris Diaries" |
| 46% | MAO | 3 | Chinese Chairman who wrote a "Little Red Book" |
| 46% | ALI | 3 | Comedian Wong who wrote the book "Dear Girls" |
| 46% | ONO | 3 | Yoko who wrote the conceptual art book “Grapefruit” |
| 46% | ANON | 4 | "We don't know who wrote this" abbreviation |
| 46% | SEUSS | 5 | "Doctor" who wrote "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" |
| 46% | SHEPARD | 7 | Sara who wrote the "Pretty Little Liars" books |
| 45% | EGAN | 4 | Tim who writes the Dodsworth children's books |
| 45% | MAO | 3 | Zedong who wrote "Little Red Book" |
| 45% | EDA | 3 | LeShan who wrote child-care books |
| 45% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote "Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal" |
| 45% | MAO | 3 | Chinese chairman Zedong, who wrote a "Little Red Book" |