| VICTORIAPLUM | Person who's won a prize, accepting one piece of fruit |
| NOBELIST | Person who's won an international award for literature or peace, for example |
| NADAL | Rafael who's won a record 11 French Open titles |
| TOMBRADY | New England quarterback who's won a record six Super Bowls: 2 wds. |
| GLENNCURTISS | In 1910, aviation pioneer ____ won a prize of 10,000 dollars offered by Joseph Pulitzer for the first 137-mile flight, with two stops, from Albany to Manhattan |
| CARRIEDOFF | Kidnapped, having won a prize (7,3) |
| SCAM | Letter claiming you won a prize, probably |
| LEMON | One piece of fruit turns into another piece of fruit |
| MINUTE | Short time taken to find one piece of fruit in me (6) |
| ANANAS | Biblical liar sacrificing one piece of fruit |
| PEAR | It sounds like two, but it's only one piece of fruit |
| IDEATE | Imagine one piece of fruit filled with energy! |
| AIMLESS | A male with a smaller amount accepting one without a goal (7) |
| DEREKHOUGH | Dancing with the Stars judge who's won the show a record six times as a dancer: 2 wds. |
| PAULSIMON | 1980s-'90s senator... who's won three Grammys for Album of the Year |
| SOPHIA | Loren who's won an Oscar and a Grammy |
| ABORIGINE | A dull person accepting one drink from native inhabitant (9) |
| STAIR | One at top of profession accepting one that's between levels |
| ORGANISERS | Managers of newspapers, for example, accepting one's sign of hesitation (10) |
| ALDA | "M*A*S*H" star Alan who's won Emmys for acting, writing, and directing |
