| 100% | LORRIE | 6 | Moore who wrote "Birds of America" |
| 58% | OLUO | 4 | Ijeoma who wrote “Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America” |
| 55% | IGO | 3 | Historian Sarah who wrote “The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America” |
| 55% | ALAN | 4 | Moore who wrote "Watchmen" |
| 54% | VARGAS | 6 | Pulitzer-winning journalist Jose Antonio who wrote the memoir "Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen" |
| 53% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame novelist who wrote 12-Across and 25-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame novelist who wrote 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | EAGLE | 5 | National bird of America |
| 52% | AUDUBON | 7 | "The Birds of America" creator |
| 51% | LORRIE | 6 | Moore who wrote "A Gate at the Stairs" |
| 51% | JACAMAR | 7 | Iridescent green bird of tropical America |
| 49% | TOME | 4 | Audubon's "The Birds of America," e.g. |
| 49% | DEMI | 4 | Actress Moore who wrote the 2019 memoir "Inside Out" |
| 48% | SONTAG | 6 | Susan who wrote "In America" |
| 48% | SUSAN | 5 | Sontag who wrote "In America" |
| 48% | DOBBS | 5 | Lou who wrote "Exporting America" |
| 48% | NIN | 3 | Anaïs who wrote “Little Birds” |
| 48% | RHEAS | 5 | Big birds of South America |
| 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% | RHEA | 4 | Flightless bird of South America |
| 48% | XXXX | 4 | Flightless bird of South America |
| 48% | ANNE | 4 | Rice who writes of vampires |
| 48% | RICE | 4 | Anne who writes of vampires |
| 48% | GRACKLE | 7 | Passerine bird of the Americas |
| 48% | ALAN | 4 | Eisner Award winning writer ___ Moore who wrote "V for Vendetta" |
| 47% | DEMI | 4 | Moore who's the mother of Rumer Willis |
| 47% | POE | 3 | Who wrote of "sorrow for the lost Lenore" |