| TONIMORRISON | American winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature (4,8) |
| NELSON | ____ Mandela, South African statesman who was a co-winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize (6) |
| DIARIES | The Stone ___ (Carol Shields novel, winner of the 1993 Governor General's Award) |
| RESSA | Maria ___, Filipino American winner of the Nobel Peace Prize |
| BRABEC | Ricky, became the first ever American winner of the Dakar Rally this year. (6) |
| BEEM | Rich ___, American winner of the 2002 US PGA championship (4) |
| MIDDLESEX | Winners of the 1993 Cricket County Championship (9) |
| DEKLERK | F.W. --- ---, 9th state president of South Africa, co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize (2,5) |
| MORRISON | Toni, US author who won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature (8) |
| KLERK | Mandela's co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize, F. W. de ___ |
| TONI | & 4D US author; 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature winner (4,8) |
| HATTIE | First African American winner of an Academy Award, won for her role in Gone with the Wind (first name only) (6) |
| YAMAGUCHI | Kristi ____’s 1992 figure skating win made her the first Asian American winner of a Winter Olympics gold medal |
| FWDEKLERK | Predecessor of 36-Across and sharer with him of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize |
| TOMEI | The recipient of the 1993 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Marisa___(5) |
| MANDELA | 1993 Nobel Peace Prize co-winner |
| METS | Subject of the 1993 book "The Worst Team Money Could Buy" |
| EVANS | Richard Paul ___; author of the 1993 novel The Christmas Box (5) |
| WACO | Scene of the 1993 Texas deaths of David Koresh and his followers (4) |
| WANG | Wayne, director of the 1993 film The Joy Luck Club (4) |