| 100% | MILTON | 6 | Poet who wrote "They also serve who only stand and wait" |
| 66% | ALSO | 4 | "They __ serve who only stand and wait" |
| 44% | DANTE | 5 | Poet who wrote "Let us not speak of them, but look, and pass on" |
| 44% | EMILY | 5 | ___ Bronte, famous novelist and poet who wrote only one novel, "Wuthering Heights" |
| 42% | ADRIENNERICH | 12 | Poet and feminist who wrote “The moment of change is the only poem” |
| 41% | PASTERNAK | 9 | Boris ___, famous poet and author who wrote only one novel, "Doctor Zhivago" |
| 41% | SYLVIA | 6 | ___ Plath, famous poet and author who wrote only one novel, "The Bell Jar" |
| 39% | EDGARGUEST | 10 | American poet who wrote “Only a Dad” and “It Couldn’t Be Done” |
| 38% | TSELIOT | 7 | Poet who wrote about Grizabella and Mungojerrie |
| 38% | OSCARWILDE | 10 | Irish poet and playwright who wrote only one novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" in his lifetime: 2 wds. |
| 38% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote "The Bells" and "The Raven" |
| 38% | NASH | 4 | Poet who wrote "The Cow" and "The Panther" |
| 38% | OYD | 3 | Poet who wrote "Fortune and love favor the brave" |
| 37% | HOMER | 5 | Greek poet who wrote "Iliad" and "Odyssey" |
| 37% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote "In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo" |
| 37% | AUDEN | 5 | Poet who wrote "For the Time Being" and "Another Time" |
| 37% | YEATS | 5 | Poet who wrote "I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree" |
| 36% | LINE | 4 | Group of people standing and waiting to be served |
| 36% | HOMER | 5 | Greek poet who wrote the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" |
| 36% | LORDBYRON | 9 | English poet who wrote Don Juan and Irish Avatar |
| 36% | OMAR | 4 | Poet who wrote "The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on" |
| 36% | LEAR | 4 | Edward ___, poet who wrote "The Owl and the Pussy-cat" |
| 35% | AUDRE | 5 | Poet and activist Lorde who wrote “Cables to Rage” |
| 35% | DONNE | 5 | Poet who wrote, "Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing" |
| 35% | DONNE | 5 | Poet who wrote "For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love" |
| 35% | ANNE | 4 | ___ Bronte, novelist and poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Acton Bell |
| 35% | TAFT | 4 | Only U.S. president who also served as chief justice |
| 35% | OGDEN | 5 | Poet Nash, who wrote the lines in 17-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 35% | ALLEN | 5 | ___ Ginsberg, poet who wrote "Howl" and a major figure of the Beat Generation |
| 34% | JKROWLING | 9 | British novelist and creator of characters in 8a who also wrote the screenplay for "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them": 3 wds. |