| 100% | SENECA | 6 | Roman who originated the phrase "What fools these mortals be" |
| 94% | SENECA | 6 | Roman philosopher who originated the phrase "What fools these mortals be" |
| 50% | CICERO | 6 | Roman who originated the phrase "While there's life, there's hope" |
| 47% | BYRON | 5 | Poet who originated the phrase "truth is stranger than fiction" |
| 47% | SENECA | 6 | "What fools these mortals be" writer |
| 45% | PLINY | 5 | Roman writer who originated the phrase "with a grain of salt" |
| 44% | TERENCE | 7 | Roman writer who originated the phrase "Where there's life, there's hope" |
| 40% | HORACE | 6 | Poet who originated the phrase "harmony in discord" |
| 40% | OTIS | 4 | James who originated the phrase "Taxation without representation" |
| 39% | BYRON | 5 | The phrase "Truth is stranger than fiction" originated from Canto XIV of a poem of "immoral content" by this author |
| 39% | SPOONER | 7 | Rev. William who originated the phrase "a blushing crow" |
| 39% | DONNE | 5 | Poet who originated the phrase "For whom the bell tolls" |
| 39% | YEATS | 5 | Poet who originated the phrase "no country for old men" |
| 37% | TERENCE | 7 | Ancient playwright who originated the phrase "While there's life, there's hope" |
| 37% | THESE | 5 | “Lord, what fools ___ mortals be!” |
| 35% | SEA | 3 | What Neptune was the Roman god of |
| 35% | ROWING | 6 | This is what the crew team does |
| 35% | MORTALS | 7 | "what fools these ___ be!" |
| 34% | SEA | 3 | What Neptune is the god of, in Roman mythology |
| 34% | MOROCCO | 7 | The Roman site of Volubilis is in this country |
| 34% | JANUS | 5 | Roman god for whom the first month is named |
| 34% | ARTICLE | 7 | What is found at the heart of this clue |
| 33% | VICTORIA | 8 | Roman goddess who is the equivalent of the Greek Nike |
| 33% | WHOSTHERE | 9 | This two-word phrase is the first line in Hamlet |
| 33% | TAROT | 5 | The Fool, Death, and the Devil are in this deck |
| 33% | NERO | 4 | Roman emperor who said before dying "What an artist the world is losing in me!" |
| 33% | NERO | 4 | Roman emperor who said before dying, "What an artist the world is losing in me!" |
| 33% | VENUS | 5 | The Roman Goddess of Love who is the equivalent of Aphrodite |
| 33% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 33% | OXYMORONS | 9 | What the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all are |