| KAUAIKING | He was deprived of the Triple Crown by Amberoid |
| PIMLICO | ? Race Course, Baltimore home of the Preakness Stakes, second leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in the US (7) |
| KENTUCKYDERBY | The first leg of the Triple Crown of horse racing in the US (8,5) |
| COASTAL | He deprived Spectacular Bid of the Triple Crown |
| RIVARIDGE | Winner of two legs of the Triple Crown in 1972 |
| NBCSPORTS | Airer of the Triple Crown and the Summer Olympics |
| HELENMIRREN | Winner of the Triple Crown of Acting (Oscar, Tony and Emmy) |
| OAHU | Hawaiian site of the Triple Crown of Surfing |
| LEMANS | Locale for one leg of the Triple Crown of Motorsport |
| INDY | ___ 500, US race that is part of the "Triple Crown of Motorsport" (4) |
| PREAKNESSSTAKES | Horse race run at Pimlico; second leg of the Triple Crown in the United States |
| PREAKNESS | Horse race run at Pimlico; second leg of the Triple Crown in the United States (9,6) |
| STAKES | Horse race run at Pimlico; second leg of the Triple Crown in the United States (9,6) |
| SECRETARIAT | American racehorse who in 1973 set the fastest and still-unbeaten time record in all three races of the Triple Crown |
| BELMONTSTAKES | *Traditional final leg of the Triple Crown |
| BELMONT | Final leg of the Triple Crown |
| DERBY | Part of the Triple Crown, informally |
| PRE | Second leg of the Triple Crown |
| BELMONTPARK | New York racecourse, home of the Triple Crown's third leg (7,4) |
| HEDERA | - helix ; worn as a crown by god of the grape-harvest Dionysus and supporting some 50 species including the blackbird, the Latin name of the native British woodland plant ivy (6) |