| Gary or Mary | 12 |
| Comedian Kevin | 14 |
| Colo.'s Gary | 16 |
| Certain antlered male | 21 |
| Candidate of 1984 and 1988 | 26 |
| Antlered red deer | 17 |
| A Rodgers partner | 17 |
| 1988 presidential hopeful | 25 |
| "Where or When" lyricist | 34 |
| "Thou Swell" lyricist | 31 |
| "The Man Who Came to Dinner" playwright | 49 |
| "The Lady Is a Tramp" lyricist Lorenz | 47 |
| "Pal Joey" lyricist Lorenz | 36 |
| "My Funny Valentine" lyricist | 39 |
| "Lady in the Dark" writer | 35 |
| "L.A. Song (Out of This Town)" Beth | 45 |
| "Isn't It Romantic?" lyricist | 43 |
| "Entertainment Tonight" anchor | 40 |
| "E.T." hostess Mary ___ | 33 |
| "Act One" subject | 27 |
| "Act 1" author | 24 |
| '80s Democratic hopeful Gary | 32 |
| ''My Funny Valentine'' lyricist | 47 |
| ''Isn't It Romantic?'' lyricist | 51 |
| ''Entertainment Tonight'' anchor | 48 |
| ___ Senate Office Building | 26 |
| "The Bridge" poet | 27 |
| U.S. poet: 1899–1932 | 27 |
| U.S. poet who wrote "The Bridge" | 42 |
| Poet inspired by Eliot | 22 |
| "The Broken Tower" poet | 33 |
| 'The Bridge' poet | 25 |
| Poker Flat chronicler | 21 |
| Poker Flat creator | 18 |
| Western writer Bret | 19 |
| Author Bret | 11 |
| Ah Sin's creator | 20 |
| Creator of Truthful James | 25 |
| Writer Bret | 11 |
| Roaring Camp creator | 20 |
| Roaring Camp chronicler | 23 |
| "The Luck of Roaring Camp" writer | 43 |
| Twain's "Ah Sin" collaborator | 43 |
| Poker Flat creator Bret | 23 |
| Bret | 4 |
| Author Bret ___ | 15 |
| "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" writer | 45 |
| "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" author | 45 |
| ''The Luck of Roaring Camp'' writer | 51 |
| Writer of gold rush stories | 27 |
| Western author Bret | 19 |
| Twain's collaborator | 24 |
| Twain contemporary | 18 |
| Short-story writer Bret | 23 |
| Gold Rush chronicler | 20 |
| Chronicler of Poker Flat and Roaring Camp | 41 |
| American writer Bret | 20 |
| "Under the Redwoods" author | 37 |
| "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" writer Bret | 50 |
| "The Luck of Roaring Camp" author Bret | 48 |
| "Gabriel Conroy" author Bret | 38 |
| " . . . Poker Flat" author | 36 |
| 'Luck of Roaring Camp' writer | 37 |
| Writer of gold-rush stories | 27 |
| Writer born in Albany | 21 |
| Western writer: 1836–1902 | 32 |
| Western story writer | 20 |
| Western local-color writer | 26 |
| Twain collaborator | 18 |
| Roaring Camp's creator | 26 |
| Roaring Camp writer | 19 |
| Roaring Camp creator Bret | 25 |
| Roaring Camp chronicler Bret | 28 |
| Poker Flat's creator | 24 |
| Poker Flat's chronicler | 27 |
| Poker Flat chronicler Bret | 26 |
| Poker Flat author | 17 |
| Poker Flat and Roaring Camp chronicler | 38 |
| Novelist Bret | 13 |
| Literary Bret | 13 |
| He wrote about Roaring Camp | 27 |
| He wrote "The Luck of Roaring Camp" | 45 |
| He wrote "Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands" | 47 |
| He wrote "Gabriel Conroy" | 35 |
| Gold rush storyteller Bret | 26 |
| Gold rush storyteller | 21 |
| First editor of "The Overland Monthly" | 48 |
| Creator of Roaring Camp | 23 |
| Creator of ace detective Hemlock Jones | 38 |
| Collaborator with Twain | 23 |
| Chronicler of Roaring Camp and Poker Flat | 41 |
| Chronicler of Poker Flat | 24 |
| Builder of Poker Flat | 21 |
| Bret who wrote gold rush stories | 32 |
| Bret ___ | 8 |
| Author who created Poker Flat | 29 |
| Author of gold rush stories | 27 |
| Author of "The Luck of Roaring Camp" | 46 |
| Author of "M'Liss" | 32 |
| Author of "Gabriel Conroy" | 36 |