| UDAY | Saddam Hussein's son, who has won a National Assembly seat |
| WAHID | Indonesia's president, who has won a reprieve |
| MARGARETCOURT | Tennis: who has won a record 24 Grand Slam singles titles? (8,5) |
| PHELPS | Who has won a record 18 Olympic gold medals? (6) |
| MESSI | Soccer star who has won a record eight Ballon d'Or awards |
| MIDIS | Soccer star who has won a record eight Ballon d'Or awards |
| LIONELMESSI | Argentine footballer who has won a record eight Ballon d'Or awards (6,5) |
| AGASSI | US tennis star who has won a career Grand Slam |
| MARIECURIE | Only person who has won a Nobel Prize in two different sciences |
| METHENY | Pat _, US jazz guitarist who has won a Grammy in 10 categories (7) |
| BARD | Poet who has won a competition at an eisteddfod (4) |
| ONER | Informal word for a big lie; a conker that has won a single match; an expert; a heavy blow; a quid, old £1 note or £100; or, a unique or extraordinary person or thing (4) |
| OAKLEAFCLUSTER | US military decoration of bronze or silver awarded to anyone who has won a given medal before |
| MONTGOMERIE | Colin ___, Scottish golfer who has won a record eight European Tour Order of Merit titles |
| COLIN | .-.. Montgomerie. Scottish golfer who has won a record eight European Tour Order of Merit titles (5) |
| RAFAELNADAL | Spanish tennis player who has won a joint record 22 Grand Slam men's singles titles (6,5) |
| OAKLEAF | And 23 US military decoration of bronze or silver awarded to anyone who has won a given medal before (3,4,7) |
| KENNEDY | Scottish singer who won a National Mod Gold Medal in 1955 (5,7) |
| CALUM | Scottish singer who won a National Mod Gold Medal in 1955 (5,7) |
| TERRANCE | Poet Hayes who won a National Book Award for the collection "Lighthead" |
