| 100% | EDNAFERBER | 10 | ...she won a Pulitzer for So Big |
| 65% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Beloved" |
| 57% | LURIE | 5 | Alison who won a Pulitzer for "Foreign Affairs" |
| 57% | ROREM | 5 | Composer who won a Pulitzer for "Air Music" |
| 57% | JUDITHIVEY | 10 | She won a Tony for “Hurlyburly” |
| 56% | SAM | 3 | Playwright Shepard who won a Pulitzer for "Buried Child" |
| 56% | MAMET | 5 | Playwright who won a Pulitzer for Glengarry Glen Ross |
| 56% | AGAR | 4 | Herbert who won a Pulitzer for "The People's Choice" |
| 56% | MARC | 4 | Playwright Connelly who won a Pulitzer for "The Green Pastures" |
| 56% | WHARTON | 7 | Edith who won a Pulitzer for The Age of Innocence |
| 56% | EBERT | 5 | Roger ___, first film critic to win a Pulitzer for criticism |
| 56% | SADE | 4 | She won a 2002 Grammy for "Lovers Rock" |
| 55% | BENET | 5 | Poet who won a Pulitzer for "The Dust Which Is God" |
| 55% | EDEL | 4 | Leon who won a Pulitzer for his biography of Henry James |
| 55% | MCPHEE | 6 | John who won a Pulitzer for “Annals of the Former World” |
| 55% | TRACY | 5 | ___ K. Smith, poet who won a Pulitzer for "Life on Mars" |
| 54% | MCPHEE | 6 | Writer John who won a Pulitzer for "Annals of the Former World" |
| 54% | EDER | 4 | Richard ___ who won a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism |
| 54% | UPTON | 5 | Sinclair who won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 54% | HER | 3 | She won a 2021 Oscar for the song "Fight for You" |
| 53% | FAITHP | 6 | She won a Tony for playing Miss Adelaide in "Guys and Dolls" |
| 53% | FIORELLO | 8 | 1959 Broadway musical that won a Pulitzer Prize for drama |
| 53% | SAM | 3 | Playwright Shepard who won a Pulitzer Prize for "Buried Child" |
| 53% | EBERT | 5 | First film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for criticism |
| 52% | EDITHWHARTON | 12 | 13-Across and 25-Across writer who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Literature, for her 1920 novel "The Age of Innocence" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | ALICE | 5 | Novelist Walker who won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple" |
| 52% | IRA | 3 | NPR host Glass who won a Pulitzer Prize for audio reporting |
| 51% | PERLE | 5 | George who won a 1986 Pulitzer for music |
| 50% | EDITH | 5 | Wharton who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 50% | LINDAHUNT | 9 | She won her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing a man |