| CRUYFF | Dutch footballer who won the Ballon d'Or three times in the 1970s (6) |
| PLATINI | Michel ___, French footballer who won the Ballon d'Or three years in a row, 1983-85 |
| CLARENCESEEDORF | Dutch footballer who won Champions League titles with Ajax, Real Madrid, and Milan |
| FOSTERFATHER | ... dor three staff for the care-giver (6,6) |
| BOL | Famous French endurance race the ___ d'Or. (3) |
| ZIDANE | Footballer who won the Ballon d'Or in 1998 (8,6) |
| NORTON | Ken, US heavyweight boxer who fought Muhammad Ali three times in the 1970s (6) |
| MICHEL | ___ Platini French former soccer player who has won the Ballon d'Or trophy three times |
| MBAPPE | Kylian, French footballer who won the Golden Boot at the 2022 World Cup finals (6) |
| BAGGIO | Roberto ___, footballer who won the 1993 Ballon d'Or (6) |
| KEVINKEEGAN | Footballer who won the Ballon d'Or in 1978 and 1979 (5,6) |
| LUKAMODRIC | Croatian footballer who won the Ballon d'Or in 2018 (4,6) |
| ZINEDINE | Footballer who won the Ballon d'Or in 1998 (8,6) |
| MULLER | Gerd, West Germany footballer who won the 1970 FIFA World Cup Golden Boot (6) |
| NEATER | Having more excellence uncovered three times in the academic year? (6) |
| PLEASE | Word used three times in the title of a 2024 Sabrina Carpenter song (6) |
| DENISLAW | Late Scottish footballer who won the Ballon d'Or in 1964 (5,3) |
| THRICE | Three times in the second hour (6) |
| GEORGEBEST | Northern Irish Manchester United player who won the Ballon d'or in 1968 (6,4) |
| LAUDA | Niki ---, Austrian driver who won the Formula 1 World Championship three times in the 1970s and 1980s (5) |
