| 100% | TEMPERTON | 9 | Rod __, writer of Off the Wall and Boogie Nights |
| 44% | STEIGER | 7 | Rod of “The Pawnbroker” and “In the Heat of the Night” |
| 41% | PINKFLOYD | 9 | The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon band |
| 40% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of "The Gnat and the Bull" |
| 39% | BENMARCUS | 9 | Writer of The Age of Wire and String |
| 39% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of the fable "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 39% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of the fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper" |
| 39% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of fables like The Tortoise and the Hare |
| 39% | AESOP | 5 | Writer of fables like "The Fox and the Grapes" |
| 39% | STEADMAN | 8 | Writer of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief, A.F. __ |
| 38% | LAYLAFSAAD | 10 | Writer of the bestseller "Me and White Supremacy" (3 wds.) |
| 38% | AESOP | 5 | Ancient writer of "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 38% | LULUWANG | 8 | Writer and director of The Farewell |
| 37% | UNIONS | 6 | The Writers Guild of America and others |
| 37% | IVANTURGENEV | 12 | Russian writer of the novel "Fathers and Sons": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ATL | 3 | Ocean off the coast of Maine and Delaware, for short |
| 37% | MELBROOKS | 9 | Writer and director of The Producers in 1967 |
| 37% | IGUANA | 6 | Night of the __, Tennessee Williams play and story |
| 37% | AARONSORKIN | 11 | Creator/writer of "Sports Night," "The West Wing," and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | MENOTTI | 7 | "Amahl and the Night Visitors" writer |
| 36% | AESOP | 5 | Legendary writer of fables such as "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 36% | TYLERPERRY | 10 | Writer, director and co-star of the Madea films |
| 36% | JULIOTORRES | 11 | Writer, director, and star of the 2023 film “Problemista” |
| 36% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Writer of 17-Across, 36-Across, and the 2019 novel "Chances Are ... " (2 wds.) |
| 36% | STEIGER | 7 | Rod __, actor starred in In the Heat of the Night |
| 36% | MILLIGAN | 8 | Spike __, comic, writer and member of The Goons |
| 36% | FRANROSS | 8 | Comedy writer and author of the novel Oreo |
| 36% | BAREILLES | 9 | Sara, writer and Broadway star of The Waitress |
| 36% | POE | 3 | Poet and writer Edgar Allan, of The Raven |
| 36% | MILNE | 5 | Writer of the line "Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?" |