| MIKEKRZYZEWSKI | College basketball coach who has won 1 129 games with the Army Black Knights and the Duke Blue Devils as of 3/20/19: 2 wds. |
| JIMBOEHEIM | College basketball coach who has won 946 games with the Syracuse Orange as of 3/20/19: 2 wds. |
| PATSUMMITT | College basketball coach who won 1 098 games with the Tennessee Lady Vols: 2 wds. |
| DESCHAMPS | Didier ---, footballer turned coach who has won the World Cup as both a player and a manager (9) |
| LANCELOT | Who was the greatest of Arthur's knights, and the lover of Queen Guinevere (8) |
| ROHITSHARMA | MI's five-time-winning captain, he has also won 1 IPL in 2009 while playing for the Deccan Chargers (5,6) |
| RIVALS | Duke's Blue Devils and UNC's Tar Heels, e.g. |
| DEVIL | Duke's blue mascot |
| BOBBYKNIGHT | College basketball coach who was the subject of "A Season on the Brink" |
| ECHIUM | The genus of the blue devil, aka viper's bugloss, whose name, from said serpent, refers to its snakeskin-like stems and reputed use as a remedy for asp bites (6) |
| TERP | Former Blue Devil rival, briefly |
| DUKIE | Alternate collegiate moniker for a Blue Devil |
| TARHEELS | Blue Devil rival |
| PARDON | In 5.3, the Duke and Duchess and the Duke's son all end up in court before King Henry. What does the Duchess ask the King to do? |
| GARYPLAYER | Golfer nicknamed the Black Knight who won both the US Open and the US Senior Open: 2 wds. |
| EDWARD | Forename of the Earl of Wessex, the youngest of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh's four children (6) |
| STEVE | ___ Mariucci former NFL head coach who was once roommates with college basketball coach Tom Izzo |
| MARKETFORCES | They're bound to affect the price in trade with the army and navy (6,6) |
| MALTA | Country with a national flag bearing the George Cross, where the Queen (as Princess Elizabeth) and the Duke of Edinburgh lived for two years (5) |
| JACOBI | Derek -; actor whose television roles include the title character in Cadfael and the Duke of Windsor in the third series of The Crown (6) |
