| SELMALAGERLOF | Swedish author who was the first female winner of the Nobel Literature Prize in 1909 (5,8) |
| VSNAIPAUL | Trinidadian winner of the Nobel literature prize in 2001 |
| SAMUELBECKETT | Irish playwright who won the Nobel Literature Prize in 1969 (6,7) |
| RACHELWHITEREAD | Artist who became the first female winner of the Turner prize, for House in 1993 |
| LEONA | _ Lewis, singer who was the first female winner of The X Factor (5) |
| THEAGEOFINNOCENCE | 1920 novel which made Edith Wharton the first female winner of the Pulitzer prize for literature |
| CURIE | Who became the first female winner of a Nobel Prize in 1903? (5) |
| HURTLOCKER | Movie with the first female winner of the Oscar for Best Director, with "The" |
| CAROLANNDUFFY | Glaswegian writer who was the first female Poet Laureate (5,3,5) |
| LAWLER | Presenter who was the first female winner of Big Brother, Kate _ (6) |
| RICHARDCASTLE | Writer who was the title character in a 2009-2016 crime series: 2 wds. |
| GIDE | Andre, French writer who received the Nobel Literature Prize in 1947 (4) |
| NAIPAUL | V.S. , Trinidad and Tobagoborn British writer who won the Nobel Literature Prize in 2001 (7) |
| DEREKWALCOTT | West Indian poet who won the Nobel Literature Prize in 1992 (5,7) |
| MARIOVARGASLLOSA | Peruvian novelist and playwright who won the Nobel Literature Prize in 2010 (5,6,5) |
| EUGENEONEILL | US playwright who won the Nobel Literature Prize in 1936 (6,6) |
| LAGERLOF | Swedish writer who became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1909 (8) |
| SELMA | Swedish writer who became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1909 (5) |
| YEATS | Irish poet who received the Nobel Literature Prize in 1923 (5) |
| KATE | _ Lawler, the first female winner of Big Brother on Channel 4 (4) |
