| SEAPIGEON | Horse that won the Champion Hurdle in 1980 and 1981 |
| ISTABRAQ | Winner of the Champion Hurdle in 1998, 1999 and 2000 (8) |
| DORTMUND | German football team that won the Champions League in 1997 (8,8) |
| BORUSSIA | German football team that won the Champions League in 1997 (8,8) |
| LEN | Pitcher Barker who led the American League in strikeouts in 1980 and 1981 |
| THEPOLICE | Winner of back-to-back Best Rock Instrumental Grammys in 1980 and 1981 |
| DAWNRUN | The only horse ever to complete the Champion Hurdle/Gold Cup double at Cheltenham |
| OLD | Identify the surname of this English pace bowler who opened the bowling in the one-off England's Centenary Test at Lord's in 1980 and was the highest wicket-taker, with three wickets in each innings. |
| SWAN | Charlie .... , jockey who rode Istabraq to victory three times in the Champion Hurdle (4) |
| STEVE | ... Smith-Eccles, jockey who the Champion Hurdle on three occasions (5) |
| LOGAN | Johnny, professional name of the Irish singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980 and 1987 (5) |
| DECATHLON | Event in which Daley Thompson was Olympic champion in 1980 and 1984 (9) |
| INTER | Local informal name for the team which last won the Champions League in 2010 |
| HANAMANDLIKOVA | Czech-born tennis player who won four Grand Slam singles titles including the Australian Open in 1980 and 1987 |
| MOSES | Ed -, winner of the 400m hurdles in the 1976 and 1984 Olympics (5) |
| JACKSON | Colin -, British athlete who won Olympic silver in the 110m hurdles in 1988 (7) |
| SEBASTIANCOE | 1500m gold medallist at the Olympics in 1980 and 1984 (9,3) |
| MODERNGIRL | Title shared by singles by Sheena Easton in 1980 and Meat Loaf in 1984 |
| DECO | Ex-Portugal and Chelsea midfielder who won the Champions' League with Porto and Barcelona (4) |
| CLARENCESEEDORF | Footballer who won the Champions League with Ajax, Real Madrid and AC Milan |
