| 100% | ELIOT | 5 | "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" writer, who later received the Nobel Prize |
| 57% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" |
| 56% | TSELIOT | 7 | Writer and poet, known for "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock": 3 wds. |
| 56% | ELIOT | 5 | T. S. ___, poet who wrote "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" |
| 53% | TSE | 3 | Monogram of the author of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” |
| 53% | TSE | 3 | Initials of the author of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” |
| 51% | TSELIOT | 7 | "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" poet |
| 51% | ELIOT | 5 | "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" poet |
| 49% | USGO | 4 | “Let ___ then, you and I, / When the evening is spread out against the sky”: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” |
| 48% | DOIDARE | 7 | Phrase repeated four times in T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" |
| 40% | PRUFROCK | 8 | "The Love Song of J. Alfred ___," poem by T.S. Eliot which was his first published poem |
| 40% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | Author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature on the basis of her first six novels, all featured in this puzzle |
| 40% | CURIE | 5 | Last name of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and who is credited with the theory of radioactivity |
| 39% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who has received the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 39% | NIELS | 5 | First name of Danes Jerne and Finsen, who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 81 years apart |
| 39% | SIRLEAF | 7 | Ellen Johnson ___, Harvard alum and 24th president of Liberia who received the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 39% | SANTOS | 6 | Juan Manuel ___, Harvard alum and former president of Colombia who received the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 39% | PABLO | 5 | ___ Neruda, Nobel prize-winning Chilean poet who wrote "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair" |
| 38% | KISSINGER | 9 | Henry ___, Harvard alum and former U.S. Secretary of State who received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 38% | OLGA | 4 | Nobel Prize-winning writer Tokarczuk who wrote "The Books of Jacob" |
| 37% | SARTRE | 6 | French writer who refused the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 37% | KIM | 3 | ___ Dae-Jung, ex-professor at Harvard and former President of South Korea who received the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 37% | PAULDIRAC | 9 | Physicist who received the Nobel Prize and the Max Planck Medal |
| 37% | PEARLSBUCK | 10 | American writer who won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature (3 wds.) |
| 37% | ALICEMUNRO | 10 | Canadian writer who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 37% | LOUISEGLUCK | 11 | American writer who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 37% | OLGATOKARCZUK | 13 | Polish writer who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 36% | HERTAMULLER | 11 | Romanian-German writer who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 36% | DALAILAMA | 9 | Tibetan who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 |
| 36% | ALICE | 5 | With 7-Across, short story writer who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature |