| 100% | CHAST | 5 | The New Yorker cartoonist who wrote "What I Hate: From A to Z" |
| 43% | PETERARNO | 9 | The New Yorker cartoonist who contributed 99 covers from 1925-69 and was once described as "the magazine's first genius" |
| 39% | HEIDI | 5 | Schreck who wrote "What the Constitution Means to Me" |
| 38% | ERMA | 4 | Bombeck who wrote If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? |
| 38% | TODD | 4 | "BoJack Horseman" character who writes the rock opera "Newtopia Rising, Book I: The Search for a New Utopia" |
| 36% | PLATH | 5 | Poet who wrote "I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am" |
| 35% | DANTE | 5 | Poet who wrote "In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost" |
| 35% | DANZA | 5 | Actor Tony who wrote the memoir "I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High" |
| 35% | AOC | 3 | Initials of the New Yorker who's the youngest woman elected to Congress |
| 34% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer who wrote A Visit from the Goon Squad |
| 34% | AOC | 3 | New Yorker who's the youngest woman to serve in Congress, familiarly |
| 34% | GAMUT | 5 | Run the ___ (go from A to Z) |
| 34% | WENCESLAS | 9 | I am a "good" ruler from a popular Christmas carol who gives alms to the poor |
| 34% | LORDE | 5 | Singer from New Zealand who was the youngest solo artist to achieve a number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 since 1987 |
| 34% | INTOTO | 6 | From A to Z |
| 34% | ENTIRE | 6 | From A to Z |
| 34% | ALL | 3 | From A to Z |
| 34% | THURBER | 7 | Cartoonist who wrote the caption "Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?" |
| 34% | CHAFF | 5 | What to separate the wheat from, in a saying |
| 33% | SOREL | 5 | The New Yorker cartoonist Edward |
| 33% | ARNO | 4 | The New Yorker cartoonist Peter |
| 33% | STEIG | 5 | The New Yorker cartoonist William |
| 33% | ROZ | 3 | The New Yorker cartoonist Chast |
| 33% | CHAST | 5 | The New Yorker cartoonist Roz |
| 33% | CHAS | 4 | The New Yorker cartoonist Addams |
| 33% | SORTED | 6 | From A to Z, maybe |
| 33% | WHEATLEY | 8 | Phillis who wrote the poem “On Being Brought from Africa to America” |
| 33% | ALDA | 4 | Actor who wrote the memoir “Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself” |
| 33% | SATURDAYNIGHTFOREVER | 20 | Cry from a reveler who wants the weekend party to keep going? |
| 33% | ALDA | 4 | Actor Alan who wrote the memoir "Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself" |