___ Smith, author of "White Teeth" and recipient of the 2017 Langston Hughes Medal Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ZADIE ___ Smith, author of "White Teeth" and recipient of the 2017 Langston Hughes Medal (5)
6% HARLEM Langston Hughes poem (6) USA Today Sep 26, 2025
6% ELLISON Langston Hughes Medal recipient in 1984 (7)
5% HERO Medal recipient (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 11, 2025
5% ITOO Langston Hughes poem (4) New York Times Aug 31, 2025
4% DENTAL Of the teeth (6) The Times Concise Oct 7, 2025
4% ADAM "The Wealth of Nations" author Smith (4) Universal Jul 25, 2025
4% ELLEN ___ DeGeneres who is the recipient of a Presidential Medal of Freedom (5)
4% CORA Langston Hughes' "___ Unashamed" (4) Universal Jul 24, 2024
4% POET Langston Hughes, for one (4) LA Times Daily Feb 28, 2023
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