| THENICKELBOYS | 2019 Colson Whitehead novel, about the Dozier School, that won the Pulitzer Prize: 3 wds. |
| JOHNHENRYDAYS | 2001 Colson Whitehead novel, about a historical festival, that was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize: 3 wds. |
| HARLEMSHUFFLE | 2021 Colson Whitehead novel about a furniture salesman drawn into a life of crime: 2 wds. |
| MAKEADEAL | Let's ___ TV game show in which participants have to decide if they want to swap their item for a mystery prize: 3 wds. |
| UVA | A.C.C. school that won 2019's March Madness |
| NOVA | Philly school that won 2016 and 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball titles |
| UCLA | School that won 10 NCAA basketball championships in 12 years |
| CATONAHOTTINROOF | Play by Tennessee Williams that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955 (3,2,1,3,3,4) |
| THEREIVERS | ___: A Reminiscence the last novel by William Faulkner that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| AHOTTINROOF | 1955 Tennessee Williams stage play that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (3,2,1,3,3,4) |
| CATON | 1955 Tennessee Williams stage play that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (3,2,1,3,3,4) |
| 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) |
| SAG | "? Harbor" (2009 Colson Whitehead novel) |
| HARLEM | '_ Shuffle" (Colson Whitehead novel) |
| ZONEONE | Post-apocalyptic Colson Whitehead novel |
| NICKEL | "___ Boys" (2024 drama based on a Colson Whitehead novel) |
| 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 |
| LESS | 2018 novel by Andrew Sean Greer that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
