| THEGOOD | & 19A 1931 novel by Pearl Buck that won the Pulitzer Prize the following year |
| EARTH | 1931 novel by Pearl Buck that won the Pulitzer Prize the following year (3,4,5) |
| NURSERY | & 19A 1931 Edward Elgar composition later used for ballets by both Ninette de Valois and Frederick Ashton (7,5) |
| MALALA | "I Am ___" (2013 autobiography whose author won a Nobel Prize the following year) |
| PURPLE | Alice Walker novel which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize, The Color ... |
| GOOD | 'The --', 1931 novel by Pearl Buck (4,5) |
| GOODEARTH | 'The ---', 1931 novel by Pearl Buck (4,5) |
| THEGOODEARTH | 1931 novel by Pearl Buck (3,4,5) |
| JAMES | 2024 novel by Percival Everett that won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award |
| AHOUSEDIVIDED | 1935 novel by Pearl Buck (1,5,7) |
| THEREIVERS | ___: A Reminiscence the last novel by William Faulkner that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| ROAD | The ___ 2006 novel by Cormac McCarthy featuring an unnamed protagonist that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| LESS | 2018 novel by Andrew Sean Greer that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| BELOVED | Novel by Toni Morrison that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988 |
| THENICKELBOYS | 2019 Colson Whitehead novel, about the Dozier School, that won the Pulitzer Prize: 3 wds. |
| JACKLIN | Tony ___, British golfer who won the Open Championship in 1969 and the US Open the following year |
| MICHELLE | 1965 song by The Beatles that was a No. 1 hit the following year for The Overlanders (8) |
| CATONAHOTTINROOF | Play by Tennessee Williams that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955 (3,2,1,3,3,4) |
| GLENGARRYGLENROSS | Play by David Mamet that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 (9,4,4) |
| EXILE | "The ...", 1936 volume of biography by Pearl Buck (5) |
