| BESTRIDING | Descriptive of the champion jockey in the saddle (10) |
| BESTRIDDEN | Sat on, as the horse is by the champion jockey? (10) |
| KINGFISHER | Halcyon description of the champion angler (10) |
| CONCORDANT | Be it life, medicine, music or a sculptor's art, it's a word descriptive of the state of harmony achieved "with one beating heart" (10) |
| STARRYEYED | Descriptive of the idealistic astronomer? (6-4) |
| RIDINGHIGH | Very successful, like a jockey in an excited state? (6,4) |
| STEERING | Job for the jockey in the car (8) |
| SILKS | Garments worn by a jockey in the colours of a horse owner (5) |
| GENEVIEVE | Lady jockey in the news, almost always |
| WOLFMAN | Disc jockey in the 1960s and 1970s |
| LEICESTER | Heard about old champion jockey in an English city (9) |
| DETTORI | British flat racing Champion Jockey in 1994, 1995 and 2004 |
| HAMZA | Forename of the champion of Strictly in 2022 (5) |
| JONJO | Irish National Hunt racehorse trainer who was Champion Jockey in 1977-78 and 1979-80 (5,6) |
| ONEILL | Irish National Hunt racehorse trainer who was Champion Jockey in 1977-78 and 1979-80 (5,6) |
| RICHARDS | Gordon, British flat racing Champion Jockey in 26 seasons between 1925 and 1953 (8) |
| JONJOONEILL | Irish National Hunt racehorse trainer who was Champion Jockey in 1977?78 and 1979?80 |
| ISTABRAQ | Winner of the Champion Hurdle in 1998, 1999 and 2000 (8) |
| RALF | Formula One driver Schumacher, brother of the champion, Michael |
| ISAO | Aoki of the Champions Tour |
