First lyricist to receive a Pulitzer Prize Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue First lyricist to receive a Pulitzer Prize . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is GERSHWIN.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% GERSHWIN First lyricist to receive a Pulitzer Prize (8)
3% IRA Lyricist Gershwin (3) Wall Street Journal Feb 23, 2026
3% LURIE Alison ____, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Feb 17, 2026
3% MARY Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Oliver (4) USA Today Feb 1, 2026
3% STEPHENSONDHEIM Pulitzer-winning composer and lyricist of "Sunday in the Park With George" (15) New York Times Jan 14, 2026
3% DRAMA Pulitzer Prize category (5) Wall Street Journal Jan 8, 2026
3% MILLAY First woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (6)
2% WETTEST Receiving the most rain (7) New York Times Mar 9, 2026
2% EDITH E is for ___ Wharton, a 37d in literature who was the first female author to win a Pulitzer Prize, for "The Age of Innocence" (5)
2% MARIE M is for ___ Curie, a 37d in science who pioneered research on radioactivity and was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize (5)
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