| 100% | HECHT | 5 | Screenwriter Ben who wrote "Angels Over Broadway" |
| 49% | IRA | 3 | Gershwin who wrote over 10 Broadway musicals with his brother George |
| 42% | SASSE | 5 | Senator Ben who wrote "The Vanishing American Adult" |
| 40% | VEREEN | 6 | Ben who played the Wizard in Broadway's "Wicked" |
| 40% | PLATT | 5 | Ben who starred in Broadway's "Dear Evan Hansen" |
| 39% | JONSON | 6 | English playwright who wrote The Alchemist, Ben __ |
| 39% | CARTLAND | 8 | Barbara who wrote over 700 romantic novels |
| 38% | PAULSIMON | 9 | Musician who wrote Bridge Over Troubled Water |
| 37% | KESEY | 5 | Ken who wrote "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" |
| 37% | KEN | 3 | Kesey who wrote "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" |
| 37% | PATMORE | 7 | English poet Coventry ___, who wrote "The Angel in the House" |
| 37% | TINA | 4 | Fey who wrote the dialogue for the "Mean Girls" Broadway musical |
| 37% | SARA | 4 | Singer Bareilles who wrote the music for the Broadway show "Waitress" |
| 37% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway's "Waitress" |
| 37% | ERICIDLE | 8 | Monty Python member who wrote the book of Broadway musical Spamalot |
| 37% | SARA | 4 | Singer Bareilles who wrote the music for the Broadway musical "Waitress" |
| 37% | ERIC | 4 | Monty Python member who wrote the book of Broadway musical Spamalot |
| 36% | NORA | 4 | Roberts who has written over 200 novels |
| 36% | IDLE | 4 | Eric —, Monty Python member who wrote the book of Broadway musical Spamalot |
| 36% | FEY | 3 | Comedian Tina who wrote the book for the Broadway musical "Mean Girls" |
| 36% | SARA | 4 | Singer Bareilles who wrote and composed the music for Broadway's "Waitress" |
| 36% | ERIC | 4 | & 4D Monty Python member who wrote the book of Broadway musical Spamalot |
| 36% | ERIC | 4 | & 13A Monty Python member who wrote the book of Broadway musical Spamalot |
| 36% | ERMA | 4 | Bombeck who wrote "The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank" |
| 35% | DAN | 3 | Author Brown who wrote "Angels & Demons" |
| 35% | CALEB | 5 | With 48-Across, novelist who wrote 40-Across and "The Angel of Darkness" |
| 35% | LEW | 3 | Wallace who wrote "Ben-Hur" |
| 35% | LEW | 3 | Wallace, who wrote "Ben-Hur" |
| 35% | WALLACE | 7 | Lew who wrote ''Ben-Hur'' |