| 100% | NGOZI | 5 | Chimamanda ___ Adichie, Nigerian writer and winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction |
| 47% | TARTT | 5 | Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 44% | LESS | 4 | 2018 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 42% | GREER | 5 | Andrew Sean ___, winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 42% | GRENVILLE | 9 | Kate —, 2006 winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for novel The Secret River |
| 41% | ANNE | 4 | Jayne ___ Phillips, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for “Night Watch” (May, 2024) |
| 40% | GRAU | 4 | Shirley Ann ___, winner of the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "The Keepers of the House" |
| 39% | 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.) |
| 38% | LINMANUELMIRANDA | 16 | Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
| 38% | WALLACESTEVENS | 14 | Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
| 38% | RAYBRADBURY | 11 | "S Is for Space" short-story writer who was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1999 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | PIRANESI | 8 | 2020 Susanna Clarke novel featuring themes of magical realism that won the Women's Prize for Fiction |
| 37% | KENYA | 5 | Home of the 2016 men's and women's Olympic marathon winners |
| 37% | POOLE | 5 | Ernest ___, winner of the first Pulitzer for fiction |
| 37% | KENDRICKLAMAR | 13 | 2018 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music |
| 37% | ROBINSON | 8 | Marilynne —, author of 2004 novel Gilead; winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 36% | AIWEIWEI | 8 | Winner of the inaugural Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent (2012) |
| 36% | ADA | 3 | Winner of the first ever Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, ___ Louise Huxtable |
| 36% | WOOLF | 5 | Writer of the line “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction” |
| 36% | OBAMA | 5 | Winner of the 2005 and 2007 Grammys for Best Spoken Word Album |
| 36% | LENO | 4 | 2014 winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor |
| 36% | OFILI | 5 | Chris —, 1998 winner of the Turner Prize for visual art |
| 36% | XXXXXXXXXX | 10 | 2022 winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor |
| 36% | SIEGHART | 8 | Women's Prize for Fiction chair 2023, Mary Ann __ |
| 35% | DUNE | 4 | First winner of the Nebula Award for best science fiction novel (1965) |
| 35% | SUSANNACLARKE | 13 | Novelist nominated for the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction for "Piranesi" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | HALF | 4 | "The Vanishing ___" (Brit Bennett novel nominated for the Women's Prize for Fiction) |
| 35% | WILLIAMS | 8 | Serena ___, 2015 winner of the women's title at 33-Across |
| 35% | EDASNER | 7 | Winner of both comedy and drama Emmys for the same role |
| 35% | ASNER | 5 | Winner of both comedy and drama Emmys for the same character |