| MURRAYHALBERG | First New Zealander to run a mile in under four minutes (6,7) |
| ANNA | The first New Zealander to receive a best supporting actress Oscar, ... Paquin |
| SARAHULMER | First New Zealander to win an Olympic gold for cycling, at the 2004 Athens Olympics (5,5) |
| BANNISTER | Roger -; athlete who, in 1954, became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes (9) |
| ROGERBANNISTER | First man to run a mile in under four minutes (5,9) |
| ROGER | The first man to run a mile in under four minutes (5,9) |
| IFFLEY | __ Road Track; where Sir Roger Bannister first ran a mile in under four minutes (6) |
| BAILEY | First Canadian to run the mile in under 4 minutes |
| MILE | Roger Bannister was the first to run it in under four minutes |
| ALANGREENSPAN | Federal Reserve chairman under four presidents |
| ASHRAM | Leaders in a safe haven run a mile in religious retreat (6) |
| FOURMINUTES | Roger Bannister was the first person to run a mile under this time (2 wds.) |
| ANNELISE | Only New Zealander to have won a medal at the Winter Olympics, in 1992 (8,8) |
| COBERGER | Only New Zealander to have won a medal at the Winter Olympics, in 1992 (8,8) |
| ROBNICOL | Cricketer who in 2011 became the second New Zealander to score a century on his ODI debut |
| ELIZA | First name of the only New Zealander to have won an Olympic medal in pole vault (5) |
| LORRAINE | Only New Zealander to have won Miss Universe, in 1983 (8,6) |
| DOWNES | See 1A. Only New Zealander to have won Miss Universe, in 1983 (8,6)d |
| HULME | The only New Zealander to win the Formula One drivers' title, in 1967 (5) |
| AMOK | One way to run a mile without problems |
