| JKROWLING | First person to win a Smarties Prize, for children's books, three years in a row |
| MOG | The cat in Judith Kerr's children's books (3) |
| MONTMORENCY | Fictional dog in Jerome K. Jerome's book Three Men In A Boat (11) |
| TEENS | Harry Potter and friends, in book three |
| PLATINI | Michel ___, French footballer who won the Ballon d'Or three years in a row, 1983-85 |
| TONYS | Awards show that was hosted three years in a row by Ariana DeBose |
| HUGO | Science fiction award won by N.K. Jemisin three years in a row |
| KEPPEL | Judith ___, the first person to win a million pounds on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (6) |
| PARALLELBARS | In 1976, Sawao Kato of Japan became the first person to win a second Olympic gold medal on this gymnastic apparatus |
| CONANOBRIEN | Gallup recently named Finland the world's happiest country for the fourth year in a row; this American comic traveled there in 2006 to meet with its president, since he bears a striking resemblance to |
| NICKLAUS | Jack, U.S. ex-golfer who was the first person to win a triple career grand slam (8) |
| MCADOO | NBA scoring leader three years in a row |
| HINGIS | Tennis: Who holds the record for the youngest person to win a Grand Slam singles title in the modern era (Australian Open 1997 aged 16 years, 117 days)? (6) |
| MARIECURIE | Only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences |
| CURIE | Only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields |
| COPPI | In 1949, Fausto ___ was the first person to win the 30A and Giro d'Italia in the same year |
| BENAINSLIE | The first person to win medals in five different Olympic Games in sailing |
| ANGLEE | First nonwhite person to win a directing Oscar, in 2006 |
| GIBSON | Althea _, tennis player who was the first black person to win a Grand Slam title (6) |
| SPADER | James who won an Emmy two years in a row for the same role on different shows |
