| Writer responding to the challenge? | 35 |
| Writer Remarque | 15 |
| Writer Rebecca | 14 |
| Writer Rawlings | 15 |
| Writer Rattigan | 15 |
| Writer Rand et al. | 18 |
| Writer Rand | 11 |
| Writer Ramée | 15 |
| Writer Ralph Waldo __ | 21 |
| Writer Ralph Waldo -- | 21 |
| Writer Ralph Waldo | 18 |
| Writer Radcliffe | 16 |
| Writer Quindlen | 15 |
| Writer Quentin | 14 |
| Writer Queen | 12 |
| Writer Primo | 12 |
| Writer Pound | 12 |
| Writer Potok | 12 |
| Writer Poole | 12 |
| Writer played by Vanessa in 1979 | 32 |
| Writer Pirandello | 17 |
| Writer Pierre ___ | 17 |
| Writer Pierre | 13 |
| Writer Philip | 13 |
| Writer Peter B. and family | 26 |
| Writer Peter | 12 |
| Writer Peggy known for the phrase "a kinder, gentler nation" | 70 |
| Writer Patri et al. | 19 |
| Writer Patri | 12 |
| Writer Paton | 12 |
| Writer Pasternak | 16 |
| Writer painted by Velà zquez | 30 |
| Writer painted by Manet | 23 |
| Writer Padraic ___ | 18 |
| Writer Packard | 14 |
| Writer P.D. | 11 |
| Writer Oz | 9 |
| Writer Oscar's groupies? | 28 |
| Writer Oscar | 12 |
| Writer Ortega y ___ | 19 |
| Writer on whose work Woody Allen's "Sleeper" is loosely based | 75 |
| Writer on seapower | 18 |
| Writer on population: 1798 | 26 |
| Writer on pictures | 18 |
| Writer on music David ___ | 25 |
| Writer on Mulberry Street | 25 |
| Writer on class struggle | 24 |
| Writer on a slate | 17 |
| Writer Ogden | 12 |
| Writer of westerns | 18 |
| Writer of the story upon which "All About Eve" is based | 65 |
| Writer of the story on which "All About Eve" is based | 63 |
| Writer of the song "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" | 79 |
| Writer of the short story "The Overcoat" | 50 |
| Writer of the Middle Ages | 25 |
| Writer of the lyric "Regrets, I've had a few" | 59 |
| Writer of the lines "Pigeons on the grass alas. / Pigeons on the grass alas" | 86 |
| Writer of the history "Ab Urbe Condita" | 49 |
| Writer of the graphic novel "Watchmen" | 48 |
| Writer of the five-volume biography "Henry James" | 59 |
| Writer of the ethnography "Germania" | 46 |
| Writer of the column "Washington Merry-Go-Round" | 58 |
| Writer of the column "The Brighter Side" | 50 |
| Writer of the column "Sharps and Flats" | 49 |
| Writer of the column "Paris After Dark" | 49 |
| Writer of the 95 theses | 23 |
| Writer of the 644-line poem "Ibis" | 44 |
| Writer of the 1950 Tony-winning play "The Cocktail Party" | 67 |
| Writer of the 1918 play "Exiles" | 42 |
| Writer of the "I am stuck on Band-Aid" jingle | 55 |
| Writer of the "April Theses" | 38 |
| Writer of sweet words? | 22 |
| Writer of suspense tales | 24 |
| Writer of success stories | 25 |
| Writer of spy thrillers | 23 |
| Writer of short letters | 23 |
| Writer of satire | 16 |
| Writer of sardonic humor | 24 |
| Writer of sad poems | 19 |
| Writer of ridicule | 18 |
| Writer of rhymes | 16 |
| Writer of rags-to-riches stories | 32 |
| Writer of praiseful poems | 25 |
| Writer of pieces in passing? | 28 |
| Writer of old | 13 |
| Writer of medical thrillers | 27 |
| Writer of many piano exercises | 30 |
| Writer of lofty verse | 21 |
| Writer of juveniles | 19 |
| Writer of jazz anthems? | 23 |
| Writer of inferior verse | 24 |
| Writer of heavy poetry? | 23 |
| Writer of hard-boiled fiction | 29 |
| Writer of gold-rush stories | 27 |
| Writer of gold rush stories | 27 |
| Writer of exposés | 20 |
| Writer of essays | 16 |
| Writer of epics | 15 |
| Writer of dog stories | 21 |
| Writer of creamy messages | 25 |