| THEROAD | 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-winning novel by Cormac McCarthy (3,4) |
| ORNETTE | ___ Coleman, American saxophonist whose album Sound Grammar received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for music |
| JOHNCOLTRANE | Blue Train jazz saxophonist who was posthumously awarded a 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation: 2 wds. |
| COUNTRY | No ___ for Old Men 2005 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2007 crime film |
| ORCHARD | The ___, 1965 novel by Cormac McCarthy (7,6) |
| ROAD | The ___ 2006 novel by Cormac McCarthy featuring an unnamed protagonist that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| THEDAY | 1989 BookerMcConnell Prize for Fiction-winning novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (3,7,2,3,3) |
| THEREMAINSOF | 1989 BookerMcConnell Prize for Fiction-winning novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (3,7,2,3,3) |
| PASSENGER | The ___ 2022 novel by Cormac McCarthy that has been longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal |
| DARK | 1968 novel by Cormac Mccarthy (5,4) |
| OUTER | 1968 novel by Cormac Mccarthy (5,4) |
| GOD | Child of ___ 1973 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2013 film |
| OUTERDARK | 1968 novel by Cormac McCarthy |
| BLOOD | 1985 Cormac McCarthy novel featuring the character Judge Holden (5,8) |
| PRETTY | Cormac McCarthy novel which won the 1992 US National Book Award, All The ... Horses |
| ALLTHEPRETTYHORSES | Cormac McCarthy novel adapted into a 2000 film |
| MERIDIAN | 1985 Cormac McCarthy novel featuring the character Judge Holden (5,8) |
| OLDMEN | No Country for ... ... (Cormac McCarthy) |
| ANTON | Sociopathic hit man in Cormac McCarthy's No Country For Old Men, ... Chigurh |
| MCCARTHY | Cormac _, author who wrote the 2005 novel No Country For Old Men (8) |