| 100% | WARPOET | 7 | John McCrae, author of "In Flanders Fields," e.g. |
| 43% | GREEN | 5 | Author John of "The Fault in Our Stars" |
| 43% | MCCRAE | 6 | "In Flanders Fields" poet John |
| 41% | BARTLETT | 8 | Author John who printed his first edition of quotations in 1855 |
| 39% | EAST | 4 | "___ of Eden," novel by American author John Steinbeck set in Salinas Valley, California |
| 39% | POPPY | 5 | Plant in Flanders fields |
| 39% | LENNON | 6 | John —, musician; author of 1965 volume A Spaniard in the Works |
| 38% | DIREWOLF | 8 | Shaggydog, e.g., in Game of Thrones |
| 38% | OSBORNE | 7 | John —, author of stage plays Look Back in Anger and The Entertainer |
| 38% | ONEMANARMY | 10 | John McClane in "Die Hard," e.g. |
| 37% | ALGY | 4 | Nickname of Algernon Montgomery Lacey, flying companion of Biggles, in stories by W E Johns |
| 37% | OKIES | 5 | The Joads, e.g., in "The Grapes of Wrath" |
| 37% | MORTALITY | 9 | __ rate; e.g. number of deaths in a year |
| 37% | REP | 3 | John Boehner, e.g., in two ways: Abbr. |
| 37% | WORN | 4 | In need of patching, e.g. |
| 37% | EGAN | 4 | Author of "Life in London" |
| 36% | CAPOTE | 6 | Author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| 36% | SLOOP | 5 | John B. of song, e.g. |
| 36% | GREENE | 6 | Author of "Our Man in Havana" |
| 36% | CARROLL | 7 | Author of Alice in Wonderland, Lewis __ |
| 36% | EAPOE | 5 | Author of macabre tales, in brief |
| 36% | SUSANHILL | 9 | Author of The Woman in Black |
| 36% | PLAYERS | 7 | Participants in a game, e.g. of chess, cards |
| 36% | TRUMAN | 6 | Author of "Murder in the White House" |
| 36% | AGEE | 4 | Author of "A Death in the Family" |
| 36% | EAPOE | 5 | Author of Gothic short stories, in short |
| 36% | CARROLL | 7 | Author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
| 36% | JOHNGREEN | 9 | Author of The Fault in Our Stars |
| 36% | SEUSS | 5 | Author of six books retired in 2021 |
| 35% | GRISHAM | 7 | Author of the legal thriller The Client: John __ |