| 100% | CURIE | 5 | Last name of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and who is credited with the theory of radioactivity |
| 51% | MARIE | 5 | First name of the first woman to win a Nobel Prize |
| 45% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | "Beloved" author who died August 5, and who was the first African-American woman to win a Nobel Prize: 2 wds. |
| 45% | CURIE | 5 | Surname of the first woman to win a Nobel prize |
| 44% | TONI | 4 | First name of the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 42% | 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.) |
| 42% | MARIE | 5 | ___ Curie, Polish-French physicist and chemist, and the first woman to win a Nobel Prize |
| 41% | JANEADDAMS | 10 | Social worker who was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 41% | MUHAMMADYUNUS | 13 | Social entrepreneur and economist who was the first Bangladeshi to win the Nobel Peace Prize: 2 wds. |
| 40% | WANGARI | 7 | ___ Maathai, Kenyan activist and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 40% | CURIE | 5 | First woman to win the Nobel Prize |
| 40% | CURIE | 5 | First woman to win the Nobel Prize. Marie ___ |
| 40% | SELMALAGERLOF | 13 | Swedish novelist and short story writer who was the first woman honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 40% | RICHARD | 7 | ___ Rodgers, composer with works like "Oklahoma!' and "The Sound of Music" who was the first person to win the EGOT |
| 39% | MOTHERTERESA | 12 | Albanian-Indian nun who was the first Asian woman (She adopted Indian citizenship) to win the Nobel Peace Prize: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CURIE | 5 | Marie ___, first woman to win the Nobel Prize |
| 39% | EDITH | 5 | ___ Wharton, "The Age of Innocence" novelist and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Literature |
| 38% | MARIE | 5 | With 33-Across, first woman to win a Nobel Prize |
| 38% | MARIE | 5 | With 7-Across, first woman to win a Nobel Prize |
| 38% | MORRISON | 8 | First Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 38% | PEARLSBUCK | 10 | First American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (3 wds.) |
| 37% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | First African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (2 wds.) |
| 37% | MARIE | 5 | Curie who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes |
| 37% | SCHUMACHER | 10 | Retired German F1 racing driver who shares his first name with 31a, and according to Forbes is the fifth highest-paid athlete of all time |
| 37% | FRANCESARNOLD | 13 | First American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 37% | PEARLSBUCK | 10 | First American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1938: 3 wds. |
| 37% | JEN | 3 | Cartoonist Sorensen who was the first woman to win the Herblock Prize |
| 37% | ZAHA | 4 | Hadid who was the first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize |
| 37% | EDITH | 5 | Wharton who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature |
| 37% | EDITH | 5 | Wharton who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction |