| 100% | ROUSSEAU | 8 | Philosopher who wrote "To be sane in a world of madmen is in itself madness" |
| 46% | POE | 3 | Who wrote "I dwelt alone / In a world of moan, / And my soul was a stagnant tide" |
| 45% | WALTERBENJAMIN | 14 | German philosopher who wrote, “The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope” |
| 44% | MARX | 4 | Philosopher who wrote, “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it” |
| 43% | ALLENGINSBERG | 13 | Poet who wrote “Everything is holy! everybody’s holy! everywhere is holy!” in a “Footnote” to one of his poems |
| 38% | PLATO | 5 | Philosopher who believed that the physical world is only a shadow of true reality |
| 38% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author who wrote "Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance" |
| 38% | DANTE | 5 | Poet who wrote "In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost" |
| 37% | BECKHAM | 7 | David ___, former Manchester United midfielder who moved to LA Galaxy in 2007 to be a part of MLS |
| 37% | STEVENGERRARD | 13 | Former Liverpool midfielder who moved to LA Galaxy in 2015 to be a part of MLS: 2 wds. |
| 37% | VERSATILE | 9 | Able to be used in a number of different ways |
| 37% | LAMPARD | 7 | Frank ___, former Chelsea midfielder who moved to New York City FC in 2015 to be a part of MLS |
| 37% | ERMA | 4 | Bombeck who wrote If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? |
| 37% | LAILA | 5 | First name of a world champion boxer who was daughter to a world champion boxer |
| 36% | PIRLO | 5 | Andrea ___, former A.C. Milan midfielder who moved to New York City FC in 2015 to be a part of MLS |
| 36% | BURKE | 5 | Philosopher who wrote "Superstition is the religion of feeble minds" |
| 36% | THOREAU | 7 | Philosopher who wrote "Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty" |
| 36% | STOWE | 5 | Who wrote in an 1852 novel “Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good” |
| 36% | MEGANCAVANAGH | 13 | Actress who sang "It Had to Be You" in a memorable bar scene in the 1992 film "A League of Their Own" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | LISALESLIE | 10 | Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first player to dunk in a WNBA game: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MIME | 4 | Person who might pretend to be stuck in a box |
| 35% | ALL | 3 | "It is in your hands to create a better world for ___ who live in it," words by Nelson Mandela |
| 35% | KAKA | 4 | Former A.C. Milan midfielder who moved to Orlando City SC in 2015 to be a part of MLS |
| 35% | ANNPRESTON | 10 | American physician and activist who was the first female dean of a medical school in the world: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JENNY | 5 | Woman in a 1982 hit who can be reached using the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | PASTTENSE | 9 | A lot of books are written in it |
| 35% | MILNE | 5 | Who wrote, in a classic children's book, "It is hard to be brave ... when you're only a Very Small Animal" |
| 35% | PROTAGORAS | 10 | Greek philosopher who wrote "Man is the measure of all things" |
| 35% | ELLIS | 5 | Kendall ___, sprinter who was a part of the team who set the world record for distance medley relay in 2022 |
| 35% | ERASMUS | 7 | Dutch philosopher who wrote "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king" |