| 100% | NASH | 4 | Ogden who wrote "Farewell, farewell, you old rhinoceros, / I'll stare at something less prepoceros" |
| 28% | KAHN | 4 | Gus who wrote "Dream a Little Dream of Me" |
| 27% | MICHAELA | 8 | __ Coel, who wrote I May Destroy You |
| 27% | CECELIA | 7 | Ahern who wrote PS, I Love You |
| 27% | CECELIA | 7 | Irish author Ahern who wrote PS, I Love You |
| 27% | GBS | 3 | Guy who wrote "Pygmalion" in 1912, initially, at least |
| 26% | ERICAJONG | 9 | Author who wrote "Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man" |
| 26% | BLUME | 5 | Judy who wrote "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" |
| 26% | CSLEWIS | 7 | Author who wrote "Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again" |
| 26% | SAMANTHABEE | 11 | Comedian who wrote "Cracking Up" and "I Know I Am, but What Are You?" |
| 25% | ALDA | 4 | Actor Alan who wrote "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?" |
| 25% | BEE | 3 | Comedian Samantha who wrote the memoir "I Know I Am, But What Are You?" |
| 25% | OGLE | 4 | Stare at something |
| 25% | EMILYPOST | 9 | Who once wrote "Nothing is less important than which fork you use" |
| 25% | EYE | 3 | "I saw him from the corner of my ___ staring at something." |
| 24% | THURBER | 7 | Cartoonist who wrote the caption "Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?" |
| 24% | NASH | 4 | Ogden who wrote light verse |
| 24% | EAT | 3 | Something you need to do at least twice a day to continue to live |
| 24% | POE | 3 | Who wrote "I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him" |
| 24% | CRYABOUT | 8 | Threatening phrase: I'll give you something to __ |
| 24% | ANGELOU | 7 | Poet who wrote "You may shoot me with your words, / You may cut me with your eyes" |
| 24% | ALDA | 4 | Alan who wrote the book "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?" |
| 23% | ONO | 3 | Yoko who wrote and sang "I Love You, Earth" |
| 23% | TSELIOT | 7 | Poet who wrote "I grow old ... I grow old ... / I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled" |
| 23% | NASH | 4 | Ogden who wrote "The Bronx? / No, thonx!" |
| 23% | BRO | 3 | "Come at me, ___!" ("I'll fight you!") |
| 23% | EYEBATH | 7 | It'll help you get a clean look at something? |
| 23% | ILSA | 4 | Character who wrote, "Richard, I cannot go with you or ever see you again. You must not ask why." |
| 23% | ALAN | 4 | Actor Alda who wrote the best-seller "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?" |
| 23% | IDOL | 4 | Something you used to able to bid for on the "Survivor" auction, at least until season 30 |