| EARLYMIST | 1953 Grand National winner, the first of trainer Vincent O'Brien's three consecutive victories |
| EARLY | ___ Mist, 1953 Grand National winner |
| HATTRICK | Three consecutive victories |
| NIJINSKY | 1970 English Triple Crown and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner ridden by Lester Piggott and trained by Vincent O'Brien (8) |
| TWELVE | Number of laps behind the winner the first non-toyota car finished at Le Mans this year (6) |
| JOHNWALKER | NZ's 1976 Olympic 1500m winner, the first miler to go under 3:50 (4,6) |
| TRACE | Suggestion from first of trainers before run (5) |
| STREAK | Winning ___: A number of consecutive victories (6) |
| ICAN | Shortened form of the name of the 2017 winner, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons |
| HAYES | 13 times premier Melbourne trainer and father of trainer David, Colin ... (5) |
| HANNIBAL | 2001 movie that was a sequel to the 1991 Best Picture winner The Silence of the Lambs |
| SINATRA | Leading singer in a first part of trainer (7) |
| COCKROACH | Shifted rock with outside of trainer to reveal insect (9) |
| WEINBERG | Drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the East Street Band, who also served as the band leader for Conan O'Brien's television programs. (8) |
| ZINDEL | Paul ?, author of 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (6) |
| JOANCHEN | This actress starred in the 1987 Best Picture winner "The Last Emperor," which chronicled the final days of China's Qing dynasty |
| BAUER | Name the German media company which recently announced it was buying Denic O'Brien's Communicorp. (5) |
| HORROR | The ..... movie based on Richard O'Brien's 1973 musical (5,6,7,4) |
| ROCKY | The ..... movie based on Richard O'Brien's 1973 musical (5,6,7,4) |
| PICTURE | The ..... movie based on Richard O'Brien's 1973 musical (5,6,7,4) |
