| EARTH | 1931 novel by Pearl Buck that won the Pulitzer Prize the following year (3,4,5) |
| THEGOOD | 1931 novel by Pearl Buck that won the Pulitzer Prize the following year (3,4,5) |
| 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 ... |
| THEGOODEARTH | 1931 novel by Pearl Buck (3,4,5) |
| GOOD | 'The --', 1931 novel by Pearl Buck (4,5) |
| GOODEARTH | 'The ---', 1931 novel by Pearl Buck (4,5) |
| PULLUPSTAKES | Ten bucks that your opponent loses his grip on the bar, say? |
| MAPPANDLUCIA | 1931 novel by E F Benson |
| AFTERNOONMEN | 1931 novel by Anthony Powell |
| PRESENTATION | An act of bestowing an award, gift, honour or prize; the manner in which something is displayed; a seminar, show-and-tell or speech; or, a baby's position prior to its birth (12) |
| 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 |
| JAMES | 2024 novel by Percival Everett that won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award |
| MICHELLE | 1965 song by The Beatles that was a No. 1 hit the following year for The Overlanders (8) |
| 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 |
| CAPRICORN | Zodiacal constellation covering the period of December 22 to January 20 the following year, ruled by the planet Saturn (9) |
