| GIDE | French recipient of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature; The Immoralist (1902) |
| ANDRE | And 4 Down French recipient of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature; The Immoralist (1902) |
| ROBINSON | Winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for his work in discovering the structure of alkaloids (last name only) |
| APPLETON | Sir Edward, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physics (8) |
| GERTY | ___ Cori (co-winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Medicine) |
| ANDREGIDE | French novelist, essayist and critic awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature (5,4) |
| MANN | Thomas ___, German author of novels including The Magic Mountain (1924) and Doctor Faustus (1947); Nobel Prize for Literature (1929) (4) |
| GABOR | Dennis ___. Hungarian-born British electrical engineer who invented holography in 1947; Nobel Prize for Physics (1971) (5) |
| ANDRIC | Ivo ___, Serbian author awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature; The Bridge on the Drina (1945) (6) |
| PONGO | In literature, the nickname of Reginald Twistleton in the Wodehousian Uncle Fred stories; or, the main male Dalmatian in The Hundred and One Dalmatians (5) |
| FRANK | The author of the 1947 posthumously published work The Diary Of A Young Girl, Anne _ (5) |
| MUSE | Ponder / (Greek myth) any of the nine goddesses who presided over literature, the arts and sciences |
| EISLER | Hanns, author of the 1947 book Composing for the Films (6) |
| SCARLETPIMPERNEL | In literature, the pseudonym of Sir Percy Blakeney |
| EIDOLON | In ancient Greek literature, the spirit-image of a person, alive or dead |
| MALCOLMLOWRY | Author of the 1947 novel Under the Volcano |
| GENET | Jean, author of the 1947 play The Maids (5) |
| ENID | In literature, the personification of purity |
| DALY | Surname of the 1947 and 1995 British Open winners |
| BROUGH | Louise, winner of the 1947 US Women's National Singles tennis championship (6) |
