| TORVILL | Ice dancing world champions from 1981 to 1984, ... and Dean |
| ACCLAIM | The last Triumph car model, produced from 1981 to 1984 (7) |
| RANDPAUL | U.S. senator who attended Baylor University from 1981 to 1984; he later became an ophthalmologist |
| BENITEZ | Wilfred ?, WBC Light Middleweight champion from 1981-82 |
| CLE | N.B.A. Eastern Conference champions from 2015 to 2018 |
| ELSIETANNER | Coronation Street character played by Pat Phoenix from the show's inception (1960) to 1973, and again from 1976 to 1984 (5,6) |
| PIERRE | The prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984, _ Trudeau (6) |
| INDIRA | Prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and 1980 to 1984, _ Gandhi (6) |
| ALEKHINE | Alexander ___, Russian-born French chess player who was world champion from 1927 to 1935 and 1937 to 1946 (8) |
| DAVIS | US jazz trumpeter and composer married to the actress Cicely Tyson from 1981 to 1988 (5) |
| MILES | US jazz trumpeter and composer married to the actress Cicely Tyson from 1981 to 1988 (5) |
| SUGARRAY | First names of boxers Robinson and Leonard, middleweight world champions in the 1940s and 1980s (5,3) |
| VITO | Mr Ippolito, team boss to Venezuelan World Champions Lavado and Cecotto, before becoming the first non-european president of the FIM. (4) |
| LACROSSE | Sport which will return to the Olympics in 2028, with Canada the defending champions from 1908 (8) |
| LIZAGODDARD | Wife of Alvin Stardust from 1981 to 1989 and TV actress |
| SURFING | The sport of world champions Kelly Slater and Layne Beachley |
| ZEALAND | Rugby union world champions in 1987, 2011 and 2015 (3,7) |
| NEW | Rugby union world champions in 1987, 2011 and 2015 (3,7) |
| TANDEM | Neil Fachie and Matt Rotherham are world champions on this |
| RALLYING | Motorsport whose world champions include Colin McRae and Richard Burns |
