| 100% | HORACE | 6 | Roman who wrote "Whatever advice you give, be brief" |
| 43% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Composer who wrote, about crosswords, "A good clue can give you all the pleasures of being duped that a mystery story can" |
| 39% | OVID | 4 | Poet who wrote "If you want to be loved, be lovable" |
| 38% | EMILYDICKINSON | 14 | Female US poet who wrote "I'm Nobody! Who are you?": 2 wds. |
| 37% | OVID | 4 | Roman poet who wrote "To be loved, be lovable" |
| 37% | BEE | 3 | Comedian Samantha who wrote the memoir "I Know I Am, But What Are You?" |
| 37% | ERMA | 4 | Bombeck who wrote "Housework, if you do it right, will kill you" |
| 37% | EMILYPOST | 9 | Who once wrote "Nothing is less important than which fork you use" |
| 36% | CICERO | 6 | Roman who wrote "Orator" |
| 36% | THANKYOU | 8 | A note you write to someone who gives you a gift |
| 36% | SEUSS | 5 | Children's author who wrote "There is no one alive who is you-er than you!" |
| 36% | OVID | 4 | Roman poet who wrote "Love will enter cloaked in friendship's name" |
| 35% | AMES | 4 | Jonathan who wrote “You Were Never Really Here” |
| 35% | ROSA | 4 | Parks who wrote, "The only tired I was, was tired of giving in" |
| 35% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Who wrote "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not" |
| 35% | STEPHENCOLBERT | 14 | American late night show host who wrote the book "I Am America (And So Can You!)": 2 wds. |
| 35% | LIVY | 4 | Roman who wrote "The History of Rome" |
| 34% | MILNE | 5 | Who wrote, in a classic children's book, "It is hard to be brave ... when you're only a Very Small Animal" |
| 34% | CSLEWIS | 7 | Author who wrote "Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again" |
| 33% | NASH | 4 | Who wrote "Parsley / Is gharsley" |
| 33% | ROONEY | 6 | Sally who wrote “Beautiful World, Where Are You,” which features e-mails between an acclaimed novelist and her best friend (September, 2021) |
| 32% | CATO | 4 | Roman who declared "Carthage must be destroyed" |
| 32% | TSELIOT | 7 | Who wrote "April is the cruellest month" |
| 32% | ALISONBECHDEL | 13 | Cartoonist who wrote and illustrated the graphic memoir "Are You My Mother?" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | OSCARWILDE | 10 | Who wrote "There is no sin except stupidity" |
| 32% | SHAW | 4 | Who wrote "Hell is full of musical amateurs" |
| 32% | GRISHAM | 7 | John who wrote "The Pelican Brief" |
| 32% | SHEL | 4 | Silverstein who wrote "The Giving Tree" |
| 32% | HENRYFORD | 9 | He who wrote History is bunk |
| 32% | OGDEN | 5 | Nash who wrote "Parsley / Is gharsley" |