| 100% | EDEL | 4 | Writer of a five-volume Henry James biography |
| 71% | EDEL | 4 | Writer of the five-volume biography "Henry James" |
| 46% | MARC | 4 | Writer of "Nicholson: A Biography," Jack Nicholson's biography, ___ Eliot |
| 44% | DELAMARE | 8 | Walter —, writer of poetry volume Peacock Pie and novel Henry Brocken |
| 42% | GREY | 4 | Fourth volume of a James series (2015) |
| 41% | EDEL | 4 | Leon who won a Pulitzer for his biography of Henry James |
| 41% | AUTHOR | 6 | Writer of a book |
| 41% | AUTHOR | 6 | Writer of a novel |
| 41% | CREATOR | 7 | Writer of a TV pilot |
| 40% | SANDBURG | 8 | Writer of a 1939 Lincoln bio |
| 40% | AUTHOR | 6 | Writer of a book or article |
| 39% | STRINGER | 8 | Freelance writer of a sort |
| 39% | STENO | 5 | Professional writer of a sort |
| 39% | LBJ | 3 | Subject of a multi-volume Robert Caro biography: Abbr. |
| 39% | FLECKER | 7 | James Elroy —, London-born writer whose volumes of poetry include 1913's The Golden Journey to Samarkand |
| 38% | INTRO | 5 | First paragraph of a five-paragraph essay |
| 38% | LONGI | 5 | Repeated part of a five-mile hike? |
| 38% | INTRO | 5 | First paragraph of a five paragraph essay |
| 38% | MARIE | 5 | Launcher of a five-Nobel family legacy |
| 38% | ALADY | 5 | Henry James' The Portrait of __ |
| 37% | HOMETOWN | 8 | Setting for the early chapters of a biography |
| 37% | ALADY | 5 | Henry James's "The Portrait of ___" |
| 37% | THETURNOFTHECREW | 16 | Henry James story about a mutiny? |
| 37% | PAGE | 4 | Part of a volume |
| 37% | LERMONTOV | 9 | Mikhail __, Russian writer of A Hero of Our Time |
| 37% | INTRO | 5 | Opening paragraph of a five-paragraph essay, for short |
| 37% | EULER | 5 | 1736 writer of a seminal paper on graph theory |
| 37% | OZEKI | 5 | Ruth, writer of A Tale For The Time Being |
| 37% | EXPAT | 5 | Henry James, for much of his life |
| 36% | JOBS | 4 | Subject of a 2011 biography |