| 100% | EDS | 3 | Publishing workers who improve authors' manuscripts: Abbr. |
| 47% | EDS | 3 | Publishing professionals who work closely with authors: Abbr. |
| 38% | EDS | 3 | Manuscript workers: Abbr. |
| 36% | EMT | 3 | Medical worker who might use a defibrillator: Abbr. |
| 36% | EMT | 3 | Worker who might travel to an ER in an ambulance: Abbr. |
| 33% | AAMILNE | 7 | Author who published Now We Are Six at age 45 |
| 31% | EDS | 3 | Workers in publishing houses (Abbr.) |
| 31% | JRRTOLKIEN | 10 | Author who took 17 years to publish a sequel to "The Hobbit": 4 wds. |
| 30% | FRANKMCCOURT | 12 | "Angela's Ashes" author who started publishing books in his 60s: 2 wds. |
| 30% | RALPH | 5 | ___ Ellison, American author who only published one novel during his lifetime, "Invisible Man" |
| 30% | COLE | 4 | Teju ___, "Open City" author who published a short story titled "Hafiz" on Twitter |
| 30% | PAOLINI | 7 | Christopher ___, "Eragon" author who published his first book when he was a teen |
| 29% | JOHNUPDIKE | 10 | Author who took 24 years to publish a sequel to "The Witches of Eastwick": 2 wds. |
| 29% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author who took 34 years to publish a sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale": 2 wds. |
| 29% | DJS | 3 | Workers who play? |
| 29% | MINER | 5 | Worker who extracts |
| 29% | DAN | 3 | "The Da Vinci Code" author Brown who just published "Origin," his fifth Robert Langdon novel |
| 29% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Mitchell, "Slade House" author who published a short story titled "The Right Sort" on Twitter |
| 29% | HINTON | 6 | Susan Eloise ___, "The Outsiders" author who published her first book when she was a teen |
| 28% | GOOFOFFS | 8 | Workers who are shirkers |
| 28% | ROUTEMAN | 8 | Worker who makes rounds |
| 28% | WIRER | 5 | Worker who makes connections? |
| 28% | MASON | 5 | Worker who lays bricks |
| 28% | EMT | 3 | Worker who uses CPR |
| 28% | GARDENER | 8 | Worker who mows lawns |
| 28% | GLAZIER | 7 | Worker who fits windows |
| 28% | STOCKCLERK | 10 | Worker who shelves merchandise |
| 28% | FULLER | 6 | Worker who processes wool |
| 28% | POTTER | 6 | Worker who throws things |
| 28% | PITCREW | 7 | Workers who are always retiring? |