| BAINBRIDGE | Beryl ---, English novelist who was nominated for the Booker Prize five times, including for 1998's Master Georgie (10) |
| GREGGPOPOVICH | NBA coach for the Spurs who won the championship five times, including 2014: 2 wds |
| THETREES | 2022 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award-winner by Percival Everett nominated for the Booker Prize (3,5) |
| AUSTEN | Jane, English novelist who was buried in Winchester Cathedral in 1817 (6) |
| GEOFFREYRUSH | Double Best Supporting Actor BAFTA nominee for 1998's "Shakespeare in Love" and "Elizabeth": 2 wds. |
| CLOUD | --- Atlas, 2004 novel by David Mitchell, short-listed for the Booker Prize (5) |
| SHAME | 1983 Salman Rushdie novel shortlisted for the Booker Prize (5) |
| CORIGLIANO | John ___, American composer of classical music who has won the Pulitzer Prize, five Grammies and an Oscar |
| COOK | Beryl, English artist born in 1926 noted for her bulky figures and lively scenes (4) |
| BURTON | Beryl, English racing cyclist born in 1937 who won seven world titles (6) |
| DEBORAHKERR | British actress who was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar six times, including for The King And I (7,4) |
| VALUE | Prize: five superior beer bottles (5) |
| WILLIAMWYLER | Filmmaker who won the Best Director Oscar three times, including for Ben-Hur (7,5) |
| ANITA | --- Desai, Indian novelist shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times (5) |
| NICEWORK | 1988 novel by David Lodge that was shortlisted for the Booker prize |
| TREES | "The ___" (dark Percival Everett satire short-listed for the Booker Prize in September, 2022) |
| AUSTER | Paul ***** , author whose 2017 novel '4321' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize (6) |
| ROSETREMAIN | Author whose 1989 novel Restoration was shortlisted for the Booker Prize |
| PATBARKER | English novelist who won the Booker Prize for The Ghost Road (3,6) |
| TONIMORRISON | Beloved novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in the year 1993: 2 wds. |
