| 100% | ANNEFRANK | 9 | Wrote a diary about the time she spent hiding |
| 37% | ANNEFRANK | 9 | She wrote a diary which became famous worldwide |
| 35% | DANA | 4 | Author Spiotta who wrote “Wayward,” about a woman who flees her suburban family life in the wake of the 2016 Presidential election (July, 2021) |
| 34% | TILESETTER | 10 | One spending a long time in the bathroom? |
| 34% | PREEN | 5 | Spend a lot of time in front of the mirror, say |
| 33% | UNICORN | 7 | Peter S. Beagle wrote a novel about the last one |
| 33% | THESHREW | 8 | Shakespeare wrote about The Taming of her |
| 33% | FIERI | 5 | Guy who spends a lot of time in the kitchen |
| 33% | LOLITA | 6 | About whom Nabokov said "She was like the composition of a beautiful puzzle - its composition and its solution at the same time" |
| 32% | PHONE | 5 | The average American spends about four hours a day on it |
| 32% | LOBS | 4 | Tennis shots that spend a long time up in the air |
| 32% | DAYANDNIGHT | 11 | All the time, as well as a hint to the abbreviations hidden in the starred answers |
| 32% | TWOL | 4 | Like the pack animal about which Nash wrote "he's a beast" |
| 32% | TULIPS | 6 | 1961 poem written by Sylvia Plath about the flowers she received in a hospital which was included in the collection "Ariel" |
| 32% | EVA | 3 | ___ Perón (former Argentina first lady who had a musical written about her) |
| 31% | ALEC | 4 | Guinness who wrote “My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor” |
| 31% | LADYEVE | 7 | 1941 Preston Sturges comedy about a con artist and her father, with The |
| 31% | LANDBEFORE | 10 | "The ___ Time," a 1988 animated movie about four young dinosaurs searching for the Great Valley: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ANNE | 4 | Frank who wrote a diary |
| 31% | JETSTREAM | 9 | Instead of writing about a New York football team, the sports reporter showed the ___ |
| 31% | CODA | 4 | Oscar winner about a teenager who is the only hearing member of her family |
| 30% | THERE | 5 | "___ Was a Little Girl," autobiography written by Brooke Shields about her relationship with her mother |
| 30% | FOREVERYOUNG | 12 | Memoir by 35-Across about her time as a child star in Hollywood (2 wds.) |
| 30% | THINGS | 6 | "My Sister Says the Saddest ___," 2010 song by Grimes about a stroll with her "sister" |
| 30% | WHATYOUWISHFOR | 14 | Katherine Center novel about a school librarian and her relationship with the principal (4 wds.) |
| 30% | MEMORYLANE | 10 | 2023 Old Dominion hit about remembering the good times with a past love: 2 wds. |
| 30% | PATNIXON | 8 | She sings the aria “This is prophetic,” in a John Adams opera about a diplomatic trip to China |
| 30% | ADELE | 5 | She holds the Guinness record for "fastest time for a video to reach 1 billion views on YouTube" |
| 30% | FROSTY | 6 | "___ the Snowman," holiday tune about a magical snowman that wasn't originally written as a Christmas song |
| 30% | EVER | 4 | "Did I ___ tell you about the time ..." |