| 100% | STEINBECK | 9 | John ___, the author "Of Mice and Men" |
| 82% | STEINBECK | 9 | "Of Mice and Men" author John |
| 78% | STEINBECK | 9 | Of Mice and Men author |
| 69% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | Author of The Old Man and the Sea |
| 69% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | Author of “The Old Man and the Sea” |
| 68% | ERNEST | 6 | Author of The Old Man and the Sea, __ Hemingway |
| 68% | MALKOVICH | 9 | "of mice and men" actor john |
| 68% | LAID | 4 | "The best-___ plans of mice and men ..." |
| 67% | GRISHAM | 7 | John, author of The Pelican Brief and Runaway Jury |
| 66% | TONYPARSONS | 11 | Author of novels Men from the Boys and One for My Baby |
| 66% | LEATHER | 7 | Stephen —, author of the novels Dead Men and Hot Blood |
| 65% | PLUR | 4 | Of mice and men?: Abbr. |
| 64% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | Ernest ___, the author of "The Old Man and the Sea" |
| 64% | RENDELL | 7 | Ruth —, author of the novels The Veiled One and Talking to Strange Men |
| 63% | CARR | 4 | John Dickson —, author of 1935 mystery The Hollow Man |
| 63% | LENNIE | 6 | Of Mice and Men character who befriends George |
| 62% | GOLDSMITH | 9 | Oliver —, author of stage plays She Stoops to Conquer and The Good-Natur'd Man |
| 62% | STEINBECK | 9 | Nobel Prize-winning author of Of Mice and Men |
| 62% | CARR | 4 | John Dickson —, author of 1935 mystery novel The Hollow Man |
| 62% | GRISHAM | 7 | John —, author of novels The Broker and The Brethren |
| 61% | CARR | 4 | John Dickson —, author of the 1935 mystery novel The Hollow Man |
| 61% | CREASEY | 7 | John —, author of novels Go Away Death and The Executioners |
| 61% | BANVILLE | 8 | John —, author of 2005 Man Booker Prize winner The Sea |
| 61% | LON | 3 | He played Lennie in Of Mice and Men |
| 61% | LENNIE | 6 | George's companion in Of Mice and Men |
| 60% | WYNDHAM | 7 | John —, author of novels Chocky and The Day of the Triffids |
| 60% | CHEEVER | 7 | John —, author of novels The Wapshot Chronicle and The Wapshot Scandal |
| 60% | MORTIMER | 8 | John —, author of novels Paradise Postponed and The Sound of Trumpets |
| 60% | LAHR | 4 | John —, author of novels The Autograph Hound and Hot to Trot |
| 60% | GALT | 4 | John —, Scottish author of novels The Ayrshire Legatees and Annals of the Parish |