| MERCKX | Eddy, Belgian former cyclist born in 1945 nicknamed The Cannibal (6) |
| EDDYMERCKX | Belgian former racing cyclist known as The Cannibal |
| FROOME | Chris, British cyclist born in Kenya who has won the Tour de France four times (6) |
| BURTON | Beryl, English racing cyclist born in 1937 who won seven world titles (6) |
| HENIN | Justine _, Belgian former tennis player (5) |
| EDDY | World champion Belgian cyclist nicknamed The Cannibal, ... Merckx |
| VICTORIA | ___ Pendleton, British former cyclist who won two Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012 (8) |
| CHRISBOARDMAN | Former cyclist who now chairs Sport England (5,8) |
| GEORGE | Bobby, English former darts player born in 1945 who was nicknamed King Of Bling (6) |
| LECTOR | Word, similar to the surname of "Hannibal the Cannibal", for a reader of liturgical lessons in a church or of academic discourses in university (6) |
| HAWAII | US state in which Bette Midler was born in 1945 (6) |
| DOLENZ | Micky ___, drummer for The Monkees born in 1945 (6) |
| KIEFER | Anselm, German painter and sculptor born in 1945 (6) |
| MARLEY | Bob, Jamaican reggae star born in 1945 (6) |
| BIANCA | ____ Jagger, Nicaraguan social and human rights advocate born in 1945 (6) |
| CHUBBY | Roy ____ Brown, stand-up comedian born in 1945 (6) |
| COTTLE | Gerry, impresario and showman born in 1945 noted for his touring circus (6) |
| NORMAN | Jessye, U.S. opera singer born in 1945 (6) |
| LECTER | Movie character nicknamed Hannibal the Cannibal |
| ORTEGA | Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945). |
