| 100% | FROST | 5 | Robert ___ who received four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry |
| 59% | OLDS | 4 | Sharon who has a Pulitzer Prize for poetry |
| 56% | NAN | 3 | Robertson who received a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 1983 |
| 54% | DOVE | 4 | Rita who was the second African-American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
| 51% | WALLACESTEVENS | 14 | Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
| 48% | RODGERS | 7 | Received the Pulitzer Prize for Oklahoma |
| 46% | OLIO | 4 | Tyehimba Jess' book that won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
| 46% | CARLSANDBURG | 12 | "Fog" poet who won Pulitzer Prizes for both Poetry and History: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ZATURENSKA | 10 | Marya —, 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner for volume Cold Morning Sky |
| 45% | ROETHKE | 7 | Theodore —, writer whose volume The Waking won the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
| 44% | ANNESEXTON | 10 | US winner of the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for the collection Live or Die |
| 44% | THEWILDIRIS | 11 | Collection by 36-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1993 (3 wds.) |
| 44% | ROBERTFROST | 11 | 17-Across and 26-Across writer who is the only person to win four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry (2 wds.) |
| 43% | FROST | 5 | American writer Robert, who won four Pulitzers and the Congressional Gold Medal, and is best known for "The Road Not Taken" |
| 43% | UPTON | 5 | Sinclair who won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 43% | DYSART | 6 | Actor Richard who received four consecutive Primetime Emmy nominations for "L.A. Law" |
| 42% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Beloved" |
| 41% | JHUMPA | 6 | With 27-Across, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner who wrote 17-Across and 36-Across |
| 41% | ALISON | 6 | Lurie who won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel “Foreign Affairs” |
| 41% | EDER | 4 | Richard ___ who won a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism |
| 41% | IRIS | 4 | Murdoch who received the 1978 Booker Prize for "The Sea, the Sea" |
| 40% | SHALES | 6 | Tom who won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his WaPo work |
| 40% | ODIST | 5 | 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry winner Sharon Olds, for one |
| 40% | SAM | 3 | Playwright Shepard who won a Pulitzer Prize for "Buried Child" |
| 40% | JOSHUACOHEN | 11 | Author who won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for “The Netanyahus” (May, 2022) |
| 40% | ALICE | 5 | Novelist Walker who won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple" |
| 39% | DONNATARTT | 10 | Mississippi novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | IRA | 3 | NPR host Glass who won a Pulitzer Prize for audio reporting |
| 37% | FROST | 5 | American poet Robert ___ who authored "The Road Not Taken" and won the Pulitzer four times |
| 37% | IRA | 3 | Songwriter Gershwin who won a Pulitzer Prize for the 1932 musical "Of Thee I Sing" |