| LORDI | Finnish heavy metal band; Eurovision Song Contest 2006 winners |
| WESTMEAD | and 2dn, 2005 and 2006 winner of the English Greyhound Derby (8,4) |
| LEONALEWIS | Singer; 2006 winner of the ITV series The X Factor |
| LEONA | _ Lewis (pictured), 2006 winner of The X Factor (5) |
| GRENVILLE | Kate -, 2006 winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for novel The Secret River |
| AMES | Stephen ...., golfer; 2006 winner of The Players Championship (4) |
| LEWIS | see 9dn, Singer; 2006 winner of the ITV series The X Factor |
| HAWK | see 17ac, 2005 and 2006 winner of the English Greyhound Derby (8,4) |
| PEREIRO | Oscar ?, 2006 winner of the Tour de France following the disqualification of Floyd Landis (7) |
| PROKOPCUKA | Jelena ___, 2005 and 2006 winner of the New York City marathon women's race (10) |
| SETHI | Geet ?, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998 and 2006 winner of the WPBSA World Billiards Championship |
| IRONMAIDEN | Heavy metal band whose name includes an actual heavy metal |
| METALLICA | Heavy metal band whose song One won the first ever Grammy for Best Metal Performance in 1990 |
| IRON | ___ Maiden English heavy metal band whose song El Dorado won the 2011 Grammy for Best Metal Performance |
| ELSE | Nothing ___ Matters (song by American heavy metal band Metallica) |
| UNTIL | _ It Sleeps, song that was a 1996 hit for US heavy metal band Metallica (5) |
| RUNTOTHEHILLS | Song by heavy metal band Iron Maiden released in 1982 (3,2,3,5) |
| UDO | German heavy metal band that released 1991's "Time Bomb" |
| TESLA | Heavy metal band named after a famous physicist |
| SLEIGHER | Heavy metal band, while riding around with Santa? |
