| SURREY | English county where the Epsom Derby is held (6) |
| EPONYM | Horse entering desolate Epsom Derby is a well-known one (6) |
| SUSSEX | English county where the Battle of Hastings was fought |
| LESTER | _ _ _ _ _ _ Piggott, jockey who won the Epsom Derby for the ninth time on Teenoso in 1983 (6) |
| EDDERY | Pat, Irish jockey and three-time winner of the Epsom Derby (6) |
| TOPHAT | Garment worn by gentlemen at the Epsom Derby (3,3) |
| DORSET | County where the activities of six farm labourers in the early 1830s are regarded as the birth of trade unionism (6) |
| ESSEX | English county where "The Turn of the Screw" is set |
| DEADLY | Lead widespread in the outskirts of Derby is very dangerous (6) |
| SUSSE | English county where the Battle of Hastings was |
| KENT | English county where the Channel Tunnel starts |
| EPSOM | Famous horse racing track in UK where the Derby is held. (5) |
| THECURRAGH | Racecourse where the Irish Derby is held (3,7) |
| MAY | When the Kentucky Derby is held |
| STEVECAUTHEN | Retired American jockey who won both the Kentucky Derby and the Epsom Derby (5,7) |
| SHERGAR | The winner of the Epsom Derby in 1981, stolen in 1983 (7) |
| DANTE | Racehorse that won the Epsom Derby (held at Newmarket) in 1945 |
| PIGGOTT | Lester, English jockey who won the Epsom Derby nine times (7) |
| CLASSIC | The Epsom Derby, for example, is one of these races |
| CAUTHEN | Steve ......., American jockey who won the Epsom Derby on two occasions (7) |
