| 100% | ELTON | 5 | John who co-wrote the song “Ego” and the book “Me” |
| 59% | LENNON | 6 | John ___, singer-songwriter who co-wrote the song "There's a Place" |
| 58% | ELLIE | 5 | Greenwich who co-wrote songs for the Ronettes and Crystals |
| 56% | HOWARD | 6 | John —, prison reformer who wrote 1777 book The State of Prisons in England and Wales |
| 53% | 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.) |
| 53% | SMITH | 5 | Patti ___, singer and songwriter who wrote the song "Dancing Barefoot" |
| 53% | FREUD | 5 | Psychoanalyst who wrote "The Ego and the Id" |
| 53% | RONBURGUNDY | 11 | "Anchorman" character who's credited with writing the 2013 book "Let Me Off at the Top! My Classy Life and Other Musings": 2 wds. |
| 52% | COATES | 6 | Ta-Nehisi who wrote the best seller "Between the World and Me" |
| 52% | MOAT | 4 | John —, poet and novelist who co-founded the Arvon Foundation in 1968 |
| 51% | JACKKIRBY | 9 | US comic book artist who co-created characters Captain America and The Hulk |
| 51% | OPRAH | 5 | ___ Winfrey, American media personality who has written the book "What I Know For Sure" |
| 50% | PIKE | 4 | American author Christopher ___ who wrote the "Remember Me" book series |
| 50% | CARL | 4 | ___ Sagan, American astronomer and scientist who wrote the book "Cosmos" |
| 50% | GREEN | 5 | John ___, American author and YouTuber who wrote the best-selling novel "Paper Towns" |
| 50% | NATE | 4 | Statistician Silver who wrote the book "The Signal and the Noise" |
| 50% | COATES | 6 | Ta-Nehisi who wrote Between the World and Me |
| 49% | PAYNE | 5 | John Howard —, American actor-playwright who wrote the lyrics to song Home Sweet Home |
| 49% | MCENROE | 7 | Tennis champ John who co-wrote the memoir "You Cannot Be Serious" |
| 49% | TORME | 5 | Crooner who co-wrote the "Chestnuts roasting ... " song |
| 49% | TANEHISI | 8 | Coates who wrote "Between the World and Me" |
| 49% | ELTON | 5 | ___ John, singer-songwriter who co-wrote "Candle in the Wind" |
| 48% | TODD | 4 | "BoJack Horseman" character who writes the rock opera "Newtopia Rising, Book I: The Search for a New Utopia" |
| 48% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | "Magic Mike" actor who wrote the children's book "The One and Only Sparkella": 2 wds. |
| 48% | JOHNLENNON | 10 | English songwriter who co-founded the Beatles and is known for his song "Imagine": 2 wds. |
| 48% | FAULKNER | 8 | Novelist William who wrote "The Sound and the Fury" and "As I Lay Dying" |
| 48% | JOHN | 4 | With 19-Down, mustachioed libertarian pundit who wrote the book “Give Me a Break” |
| 48% | KAFKA | 5 | Franz who wrote "I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us" |
| 48% | BELUSHI | 7 | John —, comedian and actor who co-starred as 'Joliet' Jake Blues in 1980 film The Blues Brothers |
| 48% | WHOOPIGOLDBERG | 14 | "The View" co-host who wrote the children's book series "Sugar Plum Ballerinas" (2 wds.) |