| HANSON | Beverly who won the inaugural 1955 LPGA Championship |
| CYNDILAUPER | *Songwriter who won the inaugural best female video award at the 1984 VMAs |
| ASHE | Arthur who won the inaugural ATP Player of the Year award in 1975 |
| ANAND | Chess player who won the inaugural Khel Ratna Award given to the best athletes of India |
| KELLYCLARKSON | Female singer who won the inaugural season of American Idol: 2 wds. |
| DEE | Comedian who won the inaugural Celebrity Big Brother, Jack _ (3) |
| JOSEMOURINHO | Portuguese football manager who won the inaugural Uefa Conference League with Roma |
| FAYE | Gaynor, actress who won the inaugural series of Dancing On Ice in 2006 (4) |
| GRANTFOX | The goalkicker in the All Blacks team that won the inaugural Rugby World Cup |
| MANU | English football club which won the inaugural Laureus team of the year in 2000 for short: 2 wds. |
| ICONS | The southern hemisphere won the inaugural - - - of Rugby golf tournament in 2018 (5) |
| IWILLSURVIVE | Song which won the inaugural (and last) Grammy award for the best disco recording in 1980 |
| IDOL | Pop ___ , British TV talent show of which Will Young won the inaugural series in 2002 (4) |
| GREENBAYPACKERS | U.S. football team that won the inaugural Super Bowl in 1966 (5,3,7) |
| URUGUAY | South American country that won the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930 (7) |
| PHNEWBY | English novelist whose Something To Answer For won the inaugural Booker Prize in 1969 (1,1,5) |
| SERI | Pak who won the 1998, '02 and '06 LPGA Championship |
| CLEARY | Beverly who wrote the Ramona book series |
| DANGELO | Beverly who was Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon's Vacation films (7) |
| DEL | State that hosted the McDonald's LPGA Championship |
