| LOUGEHRIG | 20th-century American baseball player who was nicknamed "the Iron Horse" (3,6) |
| YOGIBERRA | 20th-century American baseball catcher and 18-time All Star (4,5) |
| EDDIELAKE | American baseball shortstop who appeared in 835 games in the Major Leagues over 11 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers |
| LOU | Gehrig nicknamed the Iron Horse |
| RIVERA | Mariano ___ former Panamian-American baseball player who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019 |
| TYCOBB | American baseball player who retired in 1928 but still has the highest ever career batting average |
| TYRUS | Full first name of the baseball player who was nicknamed "The Georgia Peach" |
| WILLIEMAYS | American former baseball player who was nicknamed The Say Hey Kid (6,4) |
| BABERUTH | American Major League baseball player who was nicknamed 'the Sultan of Swat' (4,4) |
| PENINSULA | A record broken by American baseball team back in Florida? |
| AARON | Hank ___, American baseball player who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1954 to 1976 (5) |
| LESTER | Jon ___ American baseball player who announced his retirement in January 2022 |
| PRESSGANG | Iron horse reversed gravity for military recruitment force (5,4) |
| CAPARISON | Lid used as iron horse's cover (9) |
| APENNINES | Writer plugging American baseball team's peaks |
| GEHRIG | New York Yankees legend Lou who was known as "the Iron Horse" |
| ENOS | ___ Slaughter baseball player who was nicknamed Country |
| MANTLE | Mickey, baseball player who was Most Valuable Player in the American League in 1956, 1957 and 1962 ( |
| BALTIMORE | (& 3-down) I, Alberto Merolio, whipped an American baseball player (9,6) |
| RENELACOSTE | French tennis player who was nicknamed 'the Crocodile' |
