| 100% | ELIE | 4 | ___ Wiesel, a Nobel prize winning author |
| 73% | ELIE | 4 | Nobel Prize-winning author Wiesel |
| 65% | COETZEE | 7 | South African Nobel Prize winning author: J. M. __ |
| 60% | HESSE | 5 | "Siddhartha" author Hermann ___ who won a Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 60% | BARACK | 6 | "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" author who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 |
| 57% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Nobel Prize winning scientist Albert ___ whose writings were published as a book titled "Ideas and Opinions" |
| 56% | TERESA | 6 | Mother who won a Nobel Prize |
| 56% | BORISPASTERNAK | 14 | Nobel Prize-winning author of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | STEINBECK | 9 | Nobel Prize-winning author of Of Mice and Men |
| 55% | ADDAMS | 6 | Jane who won a 1931 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 54% | SHAW | 4 | George Bernard ___, Nobel Prize-winning "Pygmalion" author |
| 54% | SADAT | 5 | First Egyptian to win a Nobel Prize |
| 53% | CURIE | 5 | Two-time Nobel Prize winning scientist Marie ___ whose doctoral dissertation was published as a book titled "Radio-Active Substances" |
| 52% | DYLAN | 5 | Musician Bob who won a Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 52% | ELIE | 4 | Novelist Wiesel with a Nobel Peace Prize |
| 52% | SADAT | 5 | President who won a Nobel Peace Prize |
| 51% | CURIE | 5 | 1st woman to win a Nobel Prize for her discoveries |
| 51% | UREY | 4 | Nobel Prize winning physical chemist Harold ___ |
| 51% | MALALA | 6 | “I Am ___” (2013 autobiography whose author won a Nobel Prize the following year) |
| 51% | MANDELA | 7 | "Long Walk to Freedom" author who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 |
| 50% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | US writer who won a Nobel Prize in lit in 1954 |
| 50% | CURIE | 5 | Only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields |
| 50% | TERESA | 6 | Mother ___, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun and missionary |
| 50% | IRENE | 5 | Joliot-Curie who won a Nobel Prize in chemistry |
| 50% | CHEMISTRY | 9 | Nobel prize won by scientist Ernest Rutherford |
| 50% | LEE | 3 | Pulitzer Prize winning author Harper |
| 50% | SAULBELLOW | 10 | Nobel Prize-winning writer honored on a 2024 U.S. postage stamp (2 wds.) |
| 50% | TERESA | 6 | Mother with a Nobel prize |
| 50% | OBAMA | 5 | President with a Nobel Prize |
| 50% | TERESA | 6 | Nun with a Nobel Prize |