Italian-born US physicist and Nobel Laureate who directed the first controlled nuclear chain reaction in 1942 (6,5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ENRICOFERMI Italian-born US physicist and Nobel Laureate who directed the first controlled nuclear chain reaction in 1942 (6,5) (11)
6% ELIE Nobel laureate Wiesel (4) New York Times Sep 2, 2025
6% FERMI Italian-born nuclear physicist. (5)
5% PINTER British playwright and Nobel laureate (6) The Times Concise Oct 31, 2025
5% ADA ___ Limon, first Latina to become a US Poet Laureate (3)
5% PABLO --- Neruda, Chilean Nobel laureate in literature (5) The Times Specialist Sep 8, 2025
5% VOLTA Italian physicist (5) Thomas Joseph Aug 16, 2025
5% CANETTI Elias ---, Bulgarian-born writer and Nobel laureate who became a UK citizen in 1952 (7) The Times Specialist Aug 11, 2025
5% RABI US Nobel physicist (4)
4% SWEDE Nobel, e.g. (5) Wall Street Journal Nov 1, 2025
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