| SWIFT | In 1953, the Supermarine ____ aptly set a world air speed record |
| THERMOPYLAE | Ancient battle Homer aptly set out with energy |
| HANGGLIDER | World Air Games athlete |
| HOGAN | Golfer who won the British Open in 1953, the only time he ever competed in it |
| WOOMERA | In 1953 the British exploded the first of its atomic weapons tested at this South Australian rocket |
| MUNRO | Southlander who set a world land speed record in 1967 which still stands (5) |
| SPITFIRE | The Supermarine ---, a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the RAF during the Second World War (8) |
| CRAM | Athlete known as the Jarrow Arrow who set a world record in 1985 when he ran 1,500 metres in a time of 3.29.67 (4) |
| JIM | Thorpe who set a world record in the decathlon at the 1912 Olympics |
| ELLIOTT | In 1960, Herb ___ of Australia was the last man to set a world record in an Olympic 1500m final |
| TIMHOWARD | American goalkeeper who set a World Cup record for most saves in a match, with 15 against Belgium in 2014 |
| FATIMA | _ Whitbread, retired javelin thrower and the first Briton to set a world record in a throwing event (6) |
| MITCHELL | R J ___, designer of the Spitfire fighter aircraft produced by the Supermarine company (8) |
| ARMANDDOPLANTIS | U.S. born Swedish pole vaulter who set a world record in 2020 (6,9) |
| ENTRECHAT | Ballet dancer Wayne Sleep set a world record with an ____-douze on TV in 1973 |
| STEVEBACKLEY | British javelin thrower who set a world record of 89.58m in July 1990 |
| RJMITCHELL | Aeronautical engineer best known for his design of the Supermarine Spitfire |
| MALLARD | Engine holding the world speed record for a steam locomotive, set at 123mph in 1938 (7) |
| SPITFIRES | Supermarine ---, British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the RAF during the Second World War (9) |
| BONNEVILLE | Salt flats in Utah where a land speed record was first set in 1914 (10) |
