| THORNELL | Jack R. --, American photographer who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1967 (8) |
| STOCKTON | Frank R. --, American writer and humorist, author of the novel 'The House of Martha' (8) |
| BETHE | Hans ___, German-American physicist awarded a Nobel Prize in 1967 'for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions' (5) |
| DIANE | American photographer who was the first to be included in the Venice Biennale, a year after her death (5,5) |
| ARBUS | American photographer who was the first to be included in the Venice Biennale, a year after her death (5,5) |
| LEEMILLER | American photographer who was married to the surrealist artist Roland Penrose (3,6) |
| LIEBOVITZ | American photographer who photographed John Lennon hours before his assassination (9) |
| RITADOVE | U.S. poet laureate who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 |
| WOODWARD | Bob _, journalist whose investigation of the Watergate scandal with a fellow Washington Post reporter won the newspaper a Pulitzer Prize in 1973 (8) |
| BERRYMAN | Poet John who won a Pulitzer Prize for "77 Dream Songs" |
| STREIBER | Art ___ photographer who won an award at the International Photography Awards 2021 |
| JOHNHUET | Photographer who won an award at the International Photography Awards 2021: 2 wds. |
| BUCK | The last name of the woman who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1932 for her novel, "The Good Earth" (or slang word for a dollar) |
| AIKEN | Poet Conrad who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1930 |
| LAMAR | Rapper Kendrick who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 |
| FIORELLO | 1959 Broadway musical that won a Pulitzer Prize for drama |
| MANTARAY | American photographer capturing head of turtle, a sea creature (5,3) |
| DIFFUSER | Disagree, adopting American photographer's means of scattering light evenly |
| MAMET | David -, playwright whose Glengarry Glen Ross won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984 |
| ZODIAC | 'Black -', poetry book by Charles Wright which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1998 (6) |