| WAYNEGRETZKY | Hockey player mentioned in the title of a Goldfinger song |
| GALORE | In plentiful amounts (or last name of a "Goldfinger" character) |
| MELOTT | Baseball player mentioned in Ogden Nash's "Line-Up for Yesterday" |
| JOEDIMAGGIO | Baseball player mentioned by Simon & Garfunkel in "Mrs. Robinson" |
| RALPHSAMPSON | Basketball player mentioned by Kurtis Blow in "Basketball" |
| JUDE | Patron saint of lost causes, mentioned in the title of a 1968 Beatles song (4) |
| AMARILLO | Singer Tony Christie was granted the freedom of which Texas town mentioned in the title of his biggest hit? (8) |
| KWAI | River of western Thailand, mentioned in the title of a 1957 Oscar-winning film (4) |
| MUSSELS | Shellfish mentioned in the title of a 1980 single |
| ASBURYPARK | City in New Jersey mentioned in the title of Bruce Springsteen's 1973 debut album |
| PRADA | Which Italian fashion house is mentioned in the title of a Meryl Streep film? (5) |
| SUMMER | Season mentioned in the title of the classic sitcom that featured Compo, Foggy and Clegg (6) |
| SIGHED | Spoke sadly of the players mentioned (6) |
| 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 |
| ONEAL | The late Ryan ___ played a college hockey player in the film Love Story |
| SHINPAD | Protective item used to protect the leg of a hockey player (4,3) |
| NET | If a hockey player makes a lucky shot, the puck stops here |
| HANNAN | Pakistan hockey player, and the AHF Emerging Player in 2023, Abdul ... Shahid. (6) |
| QUEK | Sam, English ex-field hockey player who became a captain on Question of Sport in 2021 (4) |
| ORR | First hockey player to win Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year |
