| LUKEDONALD | Golfer that won the 2006 Honda Classic in Florida (4,6) |
| ELMS | Golfer that hugs medium-sized trees (4) |
| SOLHEIM | ____ Cup, biennial tournament for women golfers that began in 1990 (7) |
| MATTKUCHER | Golfer who won the 2002 Honda Classic (4,6) |
| FLATSEASON | Newmarket's 2000 Guineas is the first classic in the ____ |
| BROADHURST | Paul, golfer who won the 2006 Portuguese Open (10) |
| NALBANDIAN | David, men's singles tennis player who won the 2006 Estoril Open (10) |
| SCHOLASTIC | Hot classic in translation ___ it's educational (10) |
| OVERTHEBOW | Judy Garland classic, in a drought? |
| NUTCRACKER | A classic in cake structure (10,5) |
| JAPAN | Tokyo's country that won the 2006 and 2009 editions of the World Baseball Classic tournament |
| LIPPI | Marcello, coach of the Italy football team that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup (5) |
| HISTORYBOYS | "The ... ...", Alan Bennett work that won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play (7,4) |
| ITALIA | Country that won the 2006 World Cup, to natives |
| TSOTSI | South African crime movie that won the 2006 Oscar for best foreign language film (6) |
| DURANT | Joe, golfer who won the 2006 Funai Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida (6) |
| SABBATINI | Rory ?, South African golfer; 2011 winner of The Honda Classic tournament (9) |
| ALPHABETSOUP | American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Breeders' Cup Classic in 1996 |
| HERON | TPC at ___ Bay (site of the Honda Classic) |
| STRAKA | Josef 'Sepp' ...... , 2022 winner of The Honda Classic golf tournament (6) |