| 100% | ORDOESITEXPLODE | 15 | Last line of the Langston Hughes poem "Harlem" |
| 67% | ITOOSINGAMERICA | 15 | Opening of the Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed" |
| 59% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem associated with the Harlem Renaissance |
| 59% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem published during the Harlem Renaissance |
| 57% | ITOO | 4 | Iconic Langston Hughes poem published during the Harlem Renaissance |
| 54% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed" |
| 54% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / and be ashamed-" |
| 53% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They send me to eat in the kitchen / When company comes" |
| 53% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "Nobody'll dare / Say to me, / 'Eat in the kitchen,' / Then" |
| 53% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines “They send me to eat in the kitchen / When company comes” |
| 52% | ITOO | 4 | Classic Langston Hughes poem quoted on a wall of the National Museum of African American History and Culture |
| 49% | ITOOAMAMERICA | 13 | Last line of a poem by 6-Down, which follows the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed" (4 wds.) |
| 48% | ONESYLLABLETOOLONG | 18 | Final line of the poem |
| 48% | SAVOY | 5 | Ballroom that Langston Hughes said was "the Heartbeat of Harlem" |
| 48% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem about the hope for equality |
| 47% | IRISEIRISEIRISE | 15 | Last three lines of the Angelou poem that starts: "You may write me down in history / With your bitter, twisted lies" |
| 46% | NIKKIGIOVANNI | 13 | "Knoxville, Tennessee" poet and 1996 recipient of the Langston Hughes Medal (2 wds.) |
| 46% | BOTTOMROW | 9 | Last line of a spreadsheet (as suggested by the shaded squares?) |
| 46% | ITOO | 4 | Hughes poem associated with the Harlem Renaissance |
| 45% | IFMY | 4 | With 36- and 43-Across, second line of the poem |
| 45% | END | 3 | ___ of the line (train's last stop) |
| 45% | AMIRIBARAKA | 11 | "Monday in B-Flat" poet and 1989 recipient of the Langston Hughes Medal (2 wds.) |
| 43% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem published in "The Weary Blues" |
| 42% | ITOO | 4 | Hughes poem with the line "They send me to eat in the kitchen" |
| 42% | MAGI | 4 | "Journey of the ___," 43 line Christmas poem by T.S. Eliot |
| 41% | OER | 3 | Start of the last line in "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 41% | ITOO | 4 | Opening of a classic Langston Hughes poem |
| 40% | END | 3 | ___ of the line (last train stop) |
| 40% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem |
| 40% | HARLEM | 6 | Langston Hughes poem |