| 100% | ADAMSON | 7 | Naturalist who wrote Born Free: Joy __ |
| 66% | ADAMSON | 7 | Joy who wrote "Born Free" |
| 62% | ADAMSON | 7 | Joy —, naturalist who authored books Born Free and Living Free |
| 56% | JOYADAMSON | 10 | Naturalist who authored books Born Free and Living Free |
| 43% | TSELIOT | 7 | Who wrote "Humankind cannot bear very much reality" |
| 42% | AMY | 3 | Tan who wrote "The Joy Luck Club" |
| 42% | TAN | 3 | Amy who wrote "The Joy Luck Club" |
| 41% | TAN | 3 | Author Amy who wrote "The Joy Luck Club" |
| 41% | ROSTEN | 6 | Humorist Leo who wrote "The Joys of Yiddish," 1968 |
| 41% | AUEL | 4 | Jean who wrote "The Clan of the Cave Bear" |
| 40% | MILNE | 5 | Who wrote "A bear, however hard he tries, / Grows tubby without exercise" |
| 39% | POET | 4 | Person who might write free verse |
| 39% | SAMUELBECKETT | 13 | Playwright who wrote "We are all born mad. Some remain so" |
| 38% | KEATS | 5 | Poet who wrote "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" |
| 38% | DALAI LAMA | 10 | Spiritual leader who wrote "The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace" |
| 38% | NOAH | 4 | Trevor ___ who wrote "Born a Crime" |
| 38% | NOAH | 4 | Trevor who wrote "Born a Crime" |
| 38% | AYN | 3 | Rand who wrote "Civilization is the process of setting man free from men" |
| 38% | AAMILNE | 7 | Writer who wrote "A bear, however hard he tries, / Grows tubby without exercise" |
| 37% | ADAMSON | 7 | Joy __, naturalist who raised Elsa the lion cub |
| 37% | VOLTAIRE | 8 | Philosopher who wrote "It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere" |
| 36% | IRMA | 4 | Rombauer who wrote "Joy of Cooking" |
| 36% | KOVIC | 5 | Ron who wrote "Born on the Fourth of July" |
| 35% | AXTON | 5 | Hoyt who wrote "Joy to the World" |
| 34% | TREVOR | 6 | Comic Noah who wrote the autobiographical "Born a Crime" |
| 34% | ADAMSON | 7 | "Born Free" writer Joy or "Shrek" director Andrew |
| 34% | ISAAC | 5 | ___ Watts, English hymnist who wrote "Joy to the World" |
| 33% | ELSA | 4 | Born Free lion |
| 33% | NOAH | 4 | TV host Trevor who wrote the memoir "Born a Crime" |