| FLIPWILSON | First Black person to host a successful TV variety show |
| DES | _ O'Connor, crooner and TV presenter who was the last person to host Take Your Pick (3) |
| SPINOFF | TV show that comes after and is related to a successful TV show |
| PANELBEATER | Car worker, a successful TV show contestant? |
| EDMONDS | Noel ___, former Radio 1 DJ who became a successful TV presenter |
| ATWELL | Winifred _, the first black person to have a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart (6) |
| WINIFREDATWELL | The first black person to have a No 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart |
| GIBSON | Althea _, tennis player who was the first black person to win a Grand Slam title (6) |
| POITIER | Sidney _, the first black person to win the Academy Award for Best Actor (7) |
| SIDNEYPOITIER | The first black person to win the Academy Award for Best Actor (6,7) |
| BUNCHE | Ralph _, UN diplomat and first black person to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 (6) |
| SIDNEY | Actor and director Poitier, the first black person to win an Oscar for best actor |
| ASHE | As he became the first black person to win the US, Wimbledon and Australian tennis championships |
| MILTONBERLE | Early TV variety show host who was a charter inductee into the Television Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| EDSULLIVAN | Who hosted a TV variety show in the US from 1948 to 1971? (2,8) |
| FLIPHARDING | 70's TV variety show host |
| SULLIVAN | Ed, U.S. TV personality noted for his long-running TV variety show (8) |
| TALENT | Britain's Got ____, TV variety show first won in 2007 by Paul Potts (6) |
| SATURDAYNIGHT | ___ Live American late-night TV variety show with comedy sketches which is ranked 8th on Rolling Stone's 2016 list of 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time: 2 wds. |
| CAROL | Which American TV variety show host (___ Burnett) won Emmys in 1962, 1973 and 1974? (5) |
