| 100% | MYRA | 4 | Nineteenth-century suffragist and editor Bradwell |
| 37% | MAY | 3 | Suffragist and abolitionist Abby ___ Alcott |
| 37% | INEZ | 4 | Suffragist and peace activist Milholland |
| 35% | MEE | 3 | English author and editor Arthur ___ |
| 35% | EON | 3 | Centuries and centuries |
| 34% | AGAVES | 6 | Century plants and others |
| 33% | ASL | 3 | Communication syst. invented in the nineteenth century |
| 33% | SAMUELCOLT | 10 | American weaponry inventor of the nineteenth century |
| 33% | STANLEE | 7 | Founding Marvel writer and editor, born 1922 |
| 32% | ALICEPAUL | 9 | Suffragist and longtime leader in the National Woman's Party |
| 32% | RIOTED | 6 | Editor went mad and ran amok |
| 32% | MOTT | 4 | Abolitionist and suffragist Lucretia |
| 32% | LUCRE | 5 | *Abolitionist and suffragist Mott |
| 31% | BAHAI | 5 | The ___ faith (unitary religion founded in the nineteenth century) |
| 31% | MYRAS | 5 | Lawyer Bradwell and pianist Hess |
| 31% | MILLICENT | 9 | __ Fawcett, suffragist leader and campaigner |
| 30% | NYT | 3 | Where Will Shortz works as crossword creator and editor (abbr.) |
| 30% | DEEDS | 5 | Editor goes back and forth on small feats |
| 30% | OSSIAN | 6 | 3rd century Gaelic bard and hero |
| 30% | ERRORS | 6 | Concerns for coders and copy editors |
| 29% | TINABROWN | 9 | English editor of Vanity Fair and Tatler |
| 29% | CHRISSY | 7 | Fashion expert and FWD Joy editor __ Rutherford |
| 29% | PIERS | 5 | TV presenter and ex-newspaper editor Morgan |
| 29% | SEAPOWERS | 9 | Spain and England in the 16th century |
| 29% | PLUTARCH | 8 | 1st century CE Greek philosopher and biographer |
| 29% | ETHER | 5 | Nineteenth-century knockout? |
| 29% | ETHER | 5 | Nineteenth-century anesthetic |
| 29% | LOUVRE | 6 | Museum that was briefly renamed for Napoleon in the early nineteenth century |
| 29% | DANA | 4 | Charles Anderson ___, owner and editor of the New York Sun, 1868-97 |
| 28% | TSARS | 5 | 16th century's Vasily and Vladislav, e.g. |