| LYDIAKO | In 2015, aged 17, she became woman's World No.1 (5,2) |
| ALICE | After a piece of cake, no longer small - 15 and 17, she said (5) |
| FIENNES | Old Etonian adventurer who, in 2015 aged 71, became the oldest Briton to complete the Marathon des Sables (7) |
| MICHAEL | Men's singles champion at the French Open in 1989 aged 17 (7,5) |
| COUPLES | Golfer who was world No.1 in 1992, winning the US Masters the same year, his only major title (7) |
| CONNORS | US tennis player who was world No.1 from 1974-77 and in the top 10 for 16 years (7) |
| LLEYTON | Australian former world No.1 tennis player _ Hewitt (7) |
| CILLABLACK | British singer/actress who died in Spain in 2015 aged 72 (5,5) |
| ULANOVA | She became the Bolshoi's prima ballerina in 1944 |
| MAEWEST | She became a life saver in the water, stuffing sheep into mat (3,4) |
| BELLUCCI | Monica ___, Italian actress and model who became the oldest Bond 'girl' in 2015, aged 50 (8) |
| LOMU | All Blacks winger who died in 2015, aged 40, Jonah ... (4) |
| JADWIGA | Chosen as Poland's queen in 1384 when only a child, she became one of the country's great rulers (7) |
| LINDSAY | She became the first American woman to win the US Open since Chris Evert in 1982, ... Davenport |
| BUBBLES | A 1930 film short featuring Judy Garland before she became famous (7) |
| MATILDA | She became mild at a waltz (7) |
| BEYONCE | She became Grammys' most awarded female artist (7) |
| YOKOONO | At 78, she became the oldest artist to have a #1 dance hit |
| CASSATT | US artist who moved to Paris where she became friends with Edgar Degas and exhibited her paintings with the French Impressionists (7) |
| ANCIENT | After my auntie, who lives on the outskirts of Cullompton, lost her second husband, she became very fragile and oldlooking (7) |
