| PHILESPOSITO | Hockey Hall of Famer who became the first player to score at least 70 goals in a season (1970-1971): 2 wds. |
| TEEMUSELANNE | Hockey Hall of Famer who is the most recent person to score at least 70 goals in a season (1992-1993): 2 wds. |
| ALANPAGE | Football Hall-of-Famer who became a Minnesota Supreme Court justice |
| ESPOSITO | First N.H.L. player to score over 70 goals in a season |
| PRESENTTENSE | Commentators use it to take exception to score, at least in gym (7,5) |
| WAYNEGRETZKY | Hockey Hall of Famer who scored over 70 goals in four consecutive seasons (1981-1985): 2 wds. |
| ORR | First NHL defenseman to score 40 goals in a season |
| FORNOW | In the short term, obtain a number that levels the score, at least temporarily (4,4,3,3) |
| GETSEVEN | In the short term, obtain a number that levels the score, at least temporarily (4,4,3,3) |
| PUNCHEON | Party drink goes on a very very long time ___ there's at least 70 gallons here! (8) |
| CHIANTI | Since 2006, this blended wine must be at least 70 per cent Sangiovese, and use no white grapes |
| KANE | Identify the surname of the cricketer who became the first player to score five centuries in-a-row at a single venue. (4) |
| KAMINDU | Who recently joined Sir Donald Bradman as the third-fastest player to reach 1000 Test runs and also became the first player to score a half-century or more in each of first eight Tests since debut? (7 |
| MARK | Identify the first name of this player who became the first player to score 50+ runs in T20IS for two different countries. (4) |
| MAURICERICHARD | Canadian ice hockey player who was the first to score 50 goals in one season and the first to score 500 goals in a career |
| THORBURN | Nicknamed the Grinder, who was the first player to score a maximum break of 147 at the world snooker championships? (8) |
| CHAMAKH | Marouane ___, French-born Moroccan international footballer who became the first player to score in six consecutive Champions League games while at Arsenal |
| AMISS | Which former English opener became the first player ever in the world to score a century in ODIS? (5) |
| LUKA | Croatian footballer who in 2018 became the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win the Ballon d'Or in more than a decade (4,6) |
| MODRIC | Croatian footballer who in 2018 became the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win the Ballon d'Or in more than a decade (4,6) |
