| EDNAFERBER | Writer of the 1924 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel So Big (4,6) |
| SOBIG | 1924 Pulitzer Prize-winning Edna Ferber novel |
| ARROWSMITH | 1926 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Sinclair Lewis (10) |
| ALICEADAMS | Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Booth Tarkington published in 1921 (5,5) |
| DISPERSION | Distributing of novel so inspired (10) |
| ASTRONOMIC | Tremendous novel, so romantic (10) |
| HANSCASTROP | Protagonist of the 1924 novel Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain) by German author Thomas Mann (4,7) |
| TARTT | Author of The Little Friend, The Secret History and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Goldfinch (5) |
| SWINGBOATS | More than one fairground ride wasn't so big after reconstruction |
| STMORITZ | Swiss resort town, host of the 1924 and 1948 Winter Olympics (2,6) |
| PARIS | Host city of the 1924 Summer Olympics (5) |
| CHAMONIX | Host city in France of the 1924 Winter Olympics (8) |
| MAMBO | ?The ___ Kings Play Songs of Love", Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Oscar Hijuelos (5) |
| SEA | The Old Man And The ___, short Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway (3) |
| TONI | Author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel Beloved, _ Morrison (4) |
| BELOVED | 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Toni Morrison following the story of escaped slave Sethe (7) |
| REPOSE | "Angle of ___" (Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Wallace Stegner) |
| HARPER | Author of Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird (6,3) |
| POOLE | Ernest ?, author of 1918 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel His Family |
| MIKADO | Write up a novel, then fashion the subject of a comic opera (6) |
