| RUMI | 13th-century Persian mystic who is one of the best-selling poets in the U.S. |
| RUPI | Best-selling poet Kaur |
| PHILLISWHEATLEY | First Black published poet in the U. S. |
| RASPUTIN | Russian mystic who gained influence in the country in the early years of the 20th century while acting as faith-healer to the family of the Tsar (8) |
| CHRISTIE | The Mousetrap creator who wrote The A. B. C. Murders, And Then There Were None and The Body in the Library ; one of the best-selling authors of all time (8) |
| HEIDI | First published in German in 1880, which children's book is one of the best selling ever? (5) |
| SIMS | The ___ is one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time. (4) |
| RUMOURS | Fleetwood Mac's ___ is one of the best-selling albums of all time. (7) |
| MEATLOAF | Singer whose Bat Out of Hell is one of the best-selling albums of all time (4,4) |
| LEPP | Which group's Hysteria is one of the best-selling rock albums of all time? (3,7) |
| ELDER | The ___ Scrolls V: Skyrim, one of the best-selling video games of the 2010s |
| HST | One of the subjects of the best-selling '02 book "The Conquerors" |
| ERLE | First name of the best-selling American author of the 20th century (as of 1970) |
| GARFUNKEL | US folk rock duo who were one of the best-selling music acts of the 1960s, Simon & _ (9) |
| GABBY | Sports presenter who is one of the co-presenters of BBC Sports Personality Of The Year, ___ Logan (5) |
| AMANDAGORMAN | The Hill We Climb poet who is one of Time's 2022 Women of the Year: 2 wds. |
| VESTURE | Type of dress you'd associate with the poets in Utah raised in free verse (7) |
| TAPESTRY | 1971 album by Carole King, one of the best-selling albums of all time |
| SPENCER | Even now, his crash helmet is one of the best-selling Arai rider replica models. (7) |
| MARIEKONDO | Author of the best-selling self-help book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: 2 wds. |
