| 100% | PLATH | 5 | Poet and novelist of whom Elizabeth Hardwick wrote, “Her fate and her themes are hardly separate and both are singularly terrible” |
| 30% | ADRIENNERICH | 12 | Poet and feminist who wrote “The moment of change is the only poem” |
| 28% | ANNE | 4 | ___ Bronte, novelist and poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Acton Bell |
| 27% | NASH | 4 | Ogden ___, American poet who wrote "The Turtle" and is known as one of the foremost producers of humorous poetry |
| 27% | ROONEY | 6 | Sally who wrote “Beautiful World, Where Are You,” which features e-mails between an acclaimed novelist and her best friend (September, 2021) |
| 26% | JESMYNWARD | 10 | Author of “Let Us Descend,” about Annis, a enslaved girl who is separated from her mother and sold by her white father (October, 2023) |
| 26% | PLATH | 5 | Poet who wrote "I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am" |
| 26% | AIMECESAIRE | 11 | Poet and intellectual who was a founder of the Négritude movement |
| 25% | ANA | 3 | Novelist Huang who writes the "Twisted" and "Kings of Sin" romance series |
| 25% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | Author who died in 2019 and was, as David Remnick wrote, “unsparing in her depiction of people who would use language to evil ends” |
| 25% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote "Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity" |
| 25% | BRONTE | 6 | Who wrote "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same" |
| 25% | AUDEN | 5 | Poet who wrote "For the Time Being" and "Another Time" |
| 24% | KEATS | 5 | Poet who wrote "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" |
| 24% | DANTE | 5 | Italian poet who wrote "Nature is the art of God" |
| 24% | MEL | 3 | Blanc who was the voice of both Tweety and Sylvester |
| 24% | POE | 3 | Who wrote "I dwelt alone / In a world of moan, / And my soul was a stagnant tide" |
| 24% | ANSON | 5 | Lady Elizabeth ___, celebrity wedding and event planner who was also the cousin of Queen Elizabeth |
| 24% | BRIANJACQUES | 12 | British novelist who wrote the "Redwall" and "Castaways of the Flying Dutchman" series (2 wds.) |
| 24% | YEATS | 5 | Poet who wrote "I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree" |
| 24% | EDGARGUEST | 10 | American poet who wrote “Only a Dad” and “It Couldn’t Be Done” |
| 24% | CALEB | 5 | With 48-Across, novelist who wrote 40-Across and "The Angel of Darkness" |
| 24% | ALLEN | 5 | ___ Ginsberg, poet who wrote "Howl" and a major figure of the Beat Generation |
| 24% | GUNN | 4 | James who wrote and directed both "Guardians of the Galaxy" films |
| 23% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote "In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo" |
| 23% | DANTE | 5 | Poet who wrote "Let us not speak of them, but look, and pass on" |
| 23% | EMILY | 5 | ___ Bronte, famous novelist and poet who wrote only one novel, "Wuthering Heights" |
| 23% | WALTWHITMAN | 11 | American poet and essayist often called the father of free verse and who wrote the poem "Song of Myself": 2 wds. |
| 23% | SCOTTEASTWOOD | 13 | Actor who stars in "The Fate of the Furious", and whose father is Clint Eastwood: 2 wds. |
| 23% | WARSANSHIRE | 11 | Poet who wrote "no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark" |