| 100% | BLANE | 5 | Ralph who co-wrote "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" |
| 92% | BLANE | 5 | Ralph who wrote "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" |
| 64% | GAY | 3 | Rhyme for "away" in "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" |
| 64% | HAPPYGOLDENDAYSOFYORE | 21 | Line from ''Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'' |
| 60% | HAVE | 4 | "__ Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" |
| 49% | MERRY | 5 | "Have Yourself a ___ Little Christmas" |
| 47% | MERRY | 5 | "Have Yourself a ___ Little Christmas" (holiday song) |
| 47% | HALE | 4 | Sarah Josepha ___, who wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb" |
| 46% | SEEGER | 6 | Pete who co-wrote "If I Had a Hammer" |
| 42% | JEAN | 4 | Shepherd who co-wrote "A Christmas Story" |
| 39% | AUTHOR | 6 | A person who has written a book |
| 39% | MARY | 4 | Girl who had a little lamb |
| 38% | DANTE | 5 | Who wrote "A great flame follows a little spark" |
| 38% | EWE | 3 | One who might have a little lamb |
| 38% | TALESE | 6 | Gay who wrote "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" |
| 37% | KAHN | 4 | Gus who wrote "Dream a Little Dream of Me" |
| 37% | EDNA | 4 | Buchanan who wrote "The Corpse Had a Familiar Face" |
| 37% | TORME | 5 | Mel who co-wrote "The Christmas Song" |
| 37% | TORME | 5 | Singer who co-wrote "The Christmas Song" |
| 36% | NASH | 4 | Humorist who wrote "Happiness is having a scratch for every itch" |
| 36% | ALI | 3 | Boxer who co-wrote "The Soul of a Butterfly" |
| 36% | MARX | 4 | Karl who co-wrote a manifesto |
| 36% | PAUL | 4 | Apostle who wrote "Ye see how large a letter I have written" |
| 35% | TALESE | 6 | Gay who wrote the 1966 Esquire profile “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold” |
| 35% | EVA | 3 | ___ Perón (former Argentina first lady who had a musical written about her) |
| 35% | ALI | 3 | Boxer who co-wrote the memoir "The Soul of a Butterfly" |
| 34% | BROOKESHIELDS | 13 | "Suddenly Susan" actress who wrote the memoir "There Was a Little Girl" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | BROOKESHIELDS | 13 | "Suddenly Susan" actress who wrote the memoir "There Was a Little Girl": 2 wds. |
| 34% | LENNON | 6 | John ___, singer-songwriter who co-wrote the song "There's a Place" |
| 34% | DARA | 4 | Olympic gold medalist Torres who co-wrote "Age Is Just a Number" |