| ALBEE | Winner of three Pulitzer Prizes for Drama |
| CARLSANDBURG | American poet, biographer and journalist who won three Pulitzer Prizes including one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln (4,8) |
| WILDER | Thornton ---, American novelist and dramatist who won three Pulitzer Prizes (6) |
| NYT | Winner of over 125 Pulitzer Prizes, for short |
| THORNTONWILDER | "Our Town" playwright who won Pulitzer Prizes for both Drama and Fiction: 2 wds. |
| FAULKNER | William ____ won Pulitzer prizes for A Fable and The Reivers (8) |
| NORMANMAILER | "The Executioner's Song" novelist who won Pulitzer Prizes for both Fiction and General Nonfiction: 2 wds. |
| ONEILL | Winner of four Pulitzer Prizes |
| ASSOCIATEDPRESS | Winner of 49 Pulitzer Prizes |
| NYTIMES | Winner of over 100 Pulitzer Prizes, briefly |
| TWO | Number of Pulitzer Prizes won by Colson Whitehead |
| ALS | Hilton ___, this puzzle's three Pulitzer-winning shaded regions? critic for The New Yorker |
| ASNER | Winner of three Comedy and two Drama Emmys for the same role |
| FROOME | Winner of three of the last four Tours de France. (6) |
| BRENNAN | Walter, winner of three Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor (7) |
| TIGERWOODS | Winner of three of 2000's four majors |
| BAIN | Winner of three consecutive Emmys for "Mission: Impossible" |
| SAJAK | Winner of three Emmys for Outstanding Game Show Host |
| TOMMYARMOUR | Winner of three of golf's major championships who was nicknamed 'The Silver Scot' (5,6) |
| FALDO | Nick ---, knighted English golfer, winner of three Open and three Masters tournaments (5) |
