| 100% | ALUMNI | 6 | Zora Neale Hurston and Paul Laurence Dunbar vis-a-vis Howard University |
| 41% | RESEARCH | 8 | Per Zora Neale Hurston, it’s “poking and prying with a purpose” |
| 38% | ZETAS | 5 | Zora Neale Hurston and Sheryl Underwood, sororally |
| 36% | ALA | 3 | Home state of Zora Neale Hurston and Albert Murray (Abbr.) |
| 35% | THEIR | 5 | First word of a Zora Neale Hurston title |
| 34% | HOWARD | 6 | Alma mater for Toni Morrison and Zora Neale Hurston |
| 33% | OPES | 4 | “When the first bird sings and the first bud ___”: Paul Laurence Dunbar |
| 28% | AROAD | 5 | Zora Neale Hurston autobiography, "Dust Tracks on ___" |
| 28% | EYES | 4 | Zora Neale Hurston's "Their ___ Were Watching God" |
| 28% | THEIR | 5 | Zora Neale Hurston’s “___ Eyes Were Watching God” |
| 28% | THEIR | 5 | Zora Neale Hurston's "___ Eyes Were Watching God" |
| 28% | GOD | 3 | Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching ___" |
| 27% | ALA | 3 | Birth state of Zora Neale Hurston (Abbr.) |
| 27% | RONS | 4 | Howard and Paul, for two |
| 27% | OBEAH | 5 | Bahamian spiritual practice studied by Zora Neale Hurston |
| 25% | ERE | 3 | "___ sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes": Paul Laurence Dunbar |
| 24% | PLANE | 5 | Peter, Paul and Mary's "Leaving on a Jet ___" |
| 24% | RAVI | 4 | A teacher of John, Paul and George |
| 24% | TAFTS | 5 | William Howard and Robert A. |
| 23% | NEALE | 5 | "Mules and Men" author Zora ___ Hurston |
| 23% | NEALE | 5 | “Mules and Men” author Zora ___ Hurston |
| 23% | CAMPUS | 6 | Land and buildings of a university |
| 23% | ROMENEWYORK | 11 | Paul Revere founded a brass and copper works here |
| 23% | PLEASURE | 8 | “How can any deny themselves the ___ of my company! It’s beyond me”: Zora Neale Hurston |
| 23% | NEALE | 5 | “Dust Tracks on a Road” autobiographer Zora ___ Hurston |
| 23% | NEALE | 5 | Dust Tracks on a Road autobiographer Zora ___ Hurston |
| 23% | GRACELAND | 9 | Home of Elvis, and a Paul Simon album |
| 23% | OGRE | 4 | Drunken rogue left university and became a monster |
| 22% | ODE | 3 | "___ to Ethiopia" (Paul Laurence Dunbar poem) |
| 22% | BILLIONS | 8 | Showtime series about a hedge fund manager starring Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti |