| 100% | CONRAD | 6 | Joseph who wrote "Heart of Darkness" |
| 60% | NAOMI | 5 | Judd who wrote and sang "Change of Heart" |
| 59% | BETH | 4 | Henley who wrote "Crimes of the Heart" |
| 59% | AMOSOZ | 6 | Israeli author who wrote "A Tale of Love and Darkness" |
| 58% | CONRAD | 6 | "Heart of Darkness" novelist Joseph |
| 56% | CALEB | 5 | With 48-Across, novelist who wrote 40-Across and "The Angel of Darkness" |
| 54% | CONRAD | 6 | Joseph who wrote "Nostromo" |
| 54% | KURTZ | 5 | "Heart of Darkness" character who cries "The horror! The horror!" |
| 54% | HELLER | 6 | Joseph who wrote "Catch-22" |
| 54% | CONRAD | 6 | Polish author, Heart of Darkness |
| 53% | HAYDN | 5 | Joseph who wrote the "Surprise" Symphony |
| 50% | HELLER | 6 | Joseph who wrote the play “We Bombed in New Haven” |
| 49% | CONGO | 5 | Setting of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" |
| 48% | ANNE | 4 | Rice who wrote of vampires |
| 48% | COLE | 4 | Porter who wrote of Paree |
| 48% | DANTE | 5 | Poet who wrote of Beatrice |
| 48% | OVID | 4 | Poet who wrote of Daedalus |
| 48% | PLATH | 5 | Poet who wrote "I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am" |
| 48% | ANNE | 4 | Rice who writes of vampires |
| 48% | RICE | 4 | Anne who writes of vampires |
| 47% | POE | 3 | Who wrote of "sorrow for the lost Lenore" |
| 47% | SHAW | 4 | Who wrote "Hell is full of musical amateurs" |
| 47% | AUDEN | 5 | Who wrote "In Memory of W. B. Yeats" |
| 47% | HARTE | 5 | Bret who wrote of Roaring Camp |
| 47% | ELIOT | 5 | T.S. who wrote of cats |
| 47% | JAMESMBARRIE | 12 | Baronet who wrote of a pirate |
| 47% | BRET | 4 | Harte who wrote of Poker Flat |
| 47% | ALGER | 5 | Horatio who wrote of Tattered Tom |
| 47% | HARTE | 5 | Bret who wrote of Poker Flat |
| 47% | AESOP | 5 | Fabulist who wrote of talking animals |