| UNION | State of the ___ (1948) stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn and is based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway satire (5) |
| HOUSEOFCARDS | Popular American political thriller by Beau Willimon which is a story of a Democrat from South Carolina and is based on the novel of the same by Michael Dobbs: 3 wds. |
| RO | An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas. |
| ANTARCTIC | Scott of the ___, 1948 film with John Mills in the title role (9) |
| SOUTHPACIFIC | Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by James A Michener (5,7) |
| PROOF | 2005 film with Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by David Auburn (5) |
| THEEFFECTOFGAMMARAYSONMANINTHE | 1972 film, produced and directed by Paul Newman, based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Paul Zindel |
| TAKE | You Can't ___ It with You (1938) is based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play (4) |
| ADAMS | Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn play a married couple in ___ Rib |
| ADAMSRIB | 1949 film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as married lawyers (5,3) |
| OFTHEYEAR | Romantic comedy starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, four words |
| WOMAN | Romantic comedy starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, |
| THEYEAR | 1942 romcom starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn (5,2,3,4) |
| WOMANOF | 1942 romcom starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn (5,2,3,4) |
| WOMANOFTHEYEAR | 1942 romcom starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn |
| PATANDMIKE | 1952 film comedy starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn (3,3,4) |
| RIB | Adam's ___, classic 1949 comedy starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn |
| SOBIG | 1932 Barbara Stanwyck film based on a Pulitzer-winning novel |
| SNAKEPIT | The ___, 1948 film drama for which Olivia de Havilland was a Best Actress in a Leading Role nominee |
| REDSHOES | The ___, 1948 Powell and Pressburger film drama featuring Marius Goring and Anton Walbrook (3,5) |