| PULITZER | Alice Walker won this literary prize in 1983 for The Color Purple |
| SILVERSLUGGER | _ _ Award (Canadian out-fielder Larry Walker won it in 1999 when playing for the Colorado Rockies) |
| SMU | Sch. where Doak Walker won the Heisman Trophy |
| LANGE | Jessica _, actress who won an Oscar in 1983 for Tootsie and in 1995 for Blue Sky (5) |
| OPRAH | Ms. Winfrey, Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee for The Color Purple (5) |
| PURPLE | Alice Walker novel which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize, The Color ... |
| WALESA | Lech ---, President of Poland 1990-95, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 (6) |
| THECOLORPURPLE | Novel by Alice Walker that won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (3,5,6) |
| SOMETHING | (Please, Please Tell Me Now) Is There _ I Should Know, No.1 in 1983 for 10D's group (9) |
| RINSE | It goes in for the colour and out for the clean up (5) |
| LECHWALESA | Polish labour leader and trade union organiser who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 (4,6) |
| IBF | Sports org. since 1983 for those who spar in the ring |
| SANDCAT | Animal named for the color of its fur and for its natural habitat |
| NEWMAN | Paul ?, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The Color of Money |
| THECOLOR | See 201982 novel by Alice Walker; 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner |
| OHENRYAWARD | *Short story prize won by Alice Munro and Alice Walker |
| PRIXGONCOURT | French literary prize given to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year" |
| PUTNAM | Mrs. ___ at the Planetarium (Janice Kulyk Keefer short story, winner of the 1985 CBC Literary Prize) |
| BOOKER | Literary prize won jointly in 1992 by Barry Unsworth and Michael Ondaatje (6) |
| REA | ___ Award for the Short Story (annual literary prize) |
