| SUSANSONTAG | Benjamin Moser won a Pulitzer for his biography of this political activist, who died in 2018 |
| EDEL | Leon who won a Pulitzer for his biography of Henry James |
| MARCUSGARVEY | Jamaican political activist who died in London in 1940 (6,6) |
| CARLSANDBURG | American poet, biographer and journalist who won three Pulitzer Prizes including one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln (4,8) |
| FILO | John who won a Pulitzer for his photograph of the 1970 Kent State shootings |
| BOSWELL | Author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (7) |
| EDMUNDWHITE | US novelist and essayist noted for his biography of Jean Genet |
| EINHARD | Frankish historian noted for his biography of Charlemagne (7) |
| ANCHORAGE | This city's Daily News won a Pulitzer for its reports on a lack of police protection for indigenous residents of its state |
| STEVEBIKO | Noted South African antiapartheid activist who died in police custody in 1977 (5,4) |
| BIKO | Steve ---, noted South African anti-apartheid activist who died in police custody in 1977 (4) |
| MAYBRITTMOSER | Who shared the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Edvard Moser and John O'Keefe for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain? (3-5,5) |
| LAMAR | Kendrick who earned a Pulitzer for his album "DAMN." |
| ANC | The Youth League of this political party was formed in 1944 led by Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu an |
| COMMUNISTS | Wang Jingwei left Chinese politics for Japan after disagreements with members of this political party |
| AVICII | Stage name of Swedish musician and DJ Tim Bergling who died in 2018 (6) |
| INGLE | Brendan , Dublin-born trainer of boxers Naseem Hamed, Junior Witter et al who died in 2018 (5) |
| GELDOF | Singer/songwriter and political activist who won the Man of Peace award in 2005 (6) |
| MCPHEE | Writer John who won a Pulitzer for "Annals of the Former World" |
| SCOTT | Ragtime composer who was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer for his contribution to American music, ... J |
