| PHILIPRIVERS | Chargers/Colts player who's started 224 consecutive games second among all quarterbacks: 2 wds. |
| BRETTFAVRE | Packers/Jets/Vikings player who started 297 consecutive games a record among all quarterbacks: 2 wds. |
| ELIMANNING | Giants player who started 210 consecutive games third among all quarterbacks: 2 wds. |
| GOSLING | Actor who's started to honk a bit? (7) |
| TERRYBRADSHAW | Steelers (1970-1983) Hall of Fame quarterback: 2 wds. |
| JOHNELWAY | Broncos (1983-1998) Hall of Fame quarterback: 2 wds. |
| DANMARINO | Dolphins (1983-1999) Hall of Fame quarterback: 2 wds. |
| JORDAN | Michael ___ American former basketball player who started his career in 1984 with the Chicago Bulls and won six NBA Finals MVP Awards |
| GEHRIG | Lou ___, US baseball star who played in 2,130 consecutive games from 1925-39 (6) |
| FAVRE | Quarterback who holds the N.F.L. record for most consecutive games started (297) |
| BRETT | Name atop the NFL's most consecutive games started list (for 1992-2010) |
| CALRIPKEN | Player with a record 2,131st consecutive game on 9/6/95 |
| ASIAN | ___ Games, second-largest multisport event after the Olympics |
| RUBEN | Raiders prop in 224 games, ... Wiki (5) |
| AVESTA | Principal sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, compiled in Persia during the Sasanian Empire (224-651) |
| OUNCES | 224 of these constitute a stone in the avoirdupois weight system (6) |
| POWDERBLUE | Colour that has the RGB coordinates 176, 224, 230 on computers |
| SOULCALIBUR | Fighting video game, second of a series of the same name, released in 1998 |
| ATHIRST | Second among a number mostly wanting a drink |
| THIRSTY | Second among a number requiring drink |