| ATWAL | Arjun -, golfer who won the 2008 Maybank Malaysian Open (5) |
| ELBOW | Group who won the 2008 Mercury Prize for their album The Seldom Seen Kid (5) |
| VIDIT | Four Indians - Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Arjun, and this GM - reached the last eight of the recent FIDE World Cup. (5) |
| WINGS | NHL team that won the 2008 Stanley Cup Final (7,3,5) |
| MASSA | Felipe ..... , F1 driver whc won the 2008 Bahrain GP (5) |
| CHOI | K J ?, golfer who won the 2008 Sony Open in Hawaii (4) |
| HARRINGTON | Padraig, Irish golfer who won the 2008 British Open (10) |
| MIKAEL | Swedish golfer who won the 2008 Russian Open (6) |
| LUNDBERG | Swedish golfer who won the 2008 Russian Open (8) |
| TIGERWOODS | Golfer who won the 2008 U.S. Open with a double fracture in his tibia: 2 wds. |
| IMMELMAN | Trevor -, golfer who won the 2008 US Masters (8) |
| IVANOVIC | Ana who won the 2008 French Open |
| ANA | Ivanovic who won the 2008 French Open |
| SAMBRADFORD | Oklahoma Sooners quarterback who won the 2008 Heisman Trophy: 2 wds. |
| HERBIEHANCOCK | American keyboardist whose album River: The Joni Letters won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album ever to win the award |
| NORQUIST | Gerry -, US golfer; 1999 Benson and Hedges Malaysian Open tournament winner (8) |
| YOUZHNY | Mikhail ....... , winner of the 2010 Proton Malaysian Open singles tennis tournament (7) |
| DTM | Arjun Maini recently became the first Indian to race at the ... Championship. (1,1,1) |
| GOA | The team Arjun Tendulkar is likely to play for this domestic season. (3) |
| AMY | ___ Winehouse Rehab singer who was 24 when she won the 2008 Grammy for Record of the Year |