| 100% | AUTHORING | 9 | Writing a book |
| 91% | BLURB | 5 | Write a book-backing pitch |
| 88% | AUTHOR | 6 | Person who writes a book |
| 82% | ANI | 3 | DiFranco who wrote a book of poetry called "Verses" |
| 81% | ANI | 3 | Singer DiFranco who wrote a book of poetry called "Verses" |
| 79% | ESSAY | 5 | Writing in a blue book |
| 78% | TED | 3 | Crow poet Hughes whose daughter Frieda wrote a book about a magpie |
| 78% | BANJOS | 6 | Pete Seeger wrote a book on how to play five-string ones |
| 78% | MAO | 3 | Chinese Chairman who wrote a "Little Red Book" |
| 76% | MAO | 3 | Chinese chairman Zedong, who wrote a "Little Red Book" |
| 76% | BLURB | 5 | Writing on a book jacket |
| 76% | DOUGLAS | 7 | __ Adams, wrote a sci-fi series of five books |
| 73% | AUTHOR | 6 | A person who has written a book |
| 73% | ESSAY | 5 | Test component written in a blue book |
| 72% | ESSAY | 5 | Piece of writing in a blue book exam |
| 71% | PASTTENSE | 9 | A lot of books are written in it |
| 71% | META | 4 | Like a book about writing a book |
| 70% | CAPOTE | 6 | Truman __ wrote In Cold Blood, a true crime book |
| 69% | ESSAY | 5 | What a college student might write in a blue book |
| 68% | BIO | 3 | Write-up on a book jacket |
| 68% | BLURB | 5 | Write-up on a book jacket |
| 68% | ESSAY | 5 | Type of test that might require writing in a blue book |
| 68% | BLANKPAGE | 9 | Empty sheet waiting to be written on in a new book |
| 68% | ESSAYTEST | 9 | Exam that's sometimes written in a blue book: 2 wds. |
| 66% | ESSAY | 5 | Part of an exam that might be written in a blue book |
| 66% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 65% | SIMON | 5 | "Love, ___," romantic comedy film starring Nick Robinson based on a book written by Becky Albertalli |
| 64% | GUTHRIE | 7 | "Today" coanchor Savannah who teamed up with Allison Oppenheim to write a children's book, "Princesses Wear Pants" |
| 64% | BERTHACOOL | 10 | Detective in books by Erle Stanley Gardner writing as A.A. Fair |
| 63% | POOH | 4 | "The House at ___ Corner" (children's book written by A.A. Milne) |