| CHRISFROOME | In 2018, British cyclist ____ became the third rider, after Eddy Mercx and Bernard Hinault, to hold all three Grand Tour titles simultaneously |
| BENHOGAN | In 1953, ____ became the third player to win all four golf majors |
| BIKER | Bernard Hinault, for one |
| GOOSEBUMPS | Rider after something sticky, oily secretion for sensational feeling (10) |
| BRIGADIER | Army officer is a big rider after work (9) |
| TRADERS | Wheeler-dealers substituting one of riders after start of Tour (7) |
| POSSE | Riders after rustlers |
| SECRETARY | In 2009, Hillary Rodham Clinton became the third woman to hold the office of US ... of State |
| TYLER | In 1841, John ____ became the first US vice president to succeed to the presidency without election |
| EDERLE | In 1926, Gertrude ____ became the sixth person and first woman to swim the Channel |
| BENAUD | In 1963, Richie ____ became the first player to reach 200 wickets and 2,000 runs in Test cricket |
| ADLINGTON | In 2008, Rebecca ____ became the first British swimmer since 1908 to win two gold medals at the same Olympics |
| LUNARLANDING | What China became the third country to achieve with the Chang'e 3 mission in 2013 |
| INCE | In 2008, Paul ____ became the first black British manager in England's top football division |
| JOEFRAZIER | In 1971, ____ became the first boxer to defeat Muhammad Ali in his professional career |
| YASHASVIJAISVAL | Indian cricketer who recently became the third youngest man to make double hundreds in successive Tests (8,7) |
| CONRAD | Pete ___, U.S. astronaut who became the third person to walk on the Moon (6) |
| BARRYSHARPLESS | On Oct. 5, American K. ___ became the fifth person ever to win two Nobel Prizes: for chemistry in both 2001 and 2022 |
| MARYMCALEESE | In 1997 ____ became the first female president to succeed a female president (of a nation) |
| MARTINAHINGIS | In 1997 ____ became the youngest Wimbledon singles champion since Lottie Dodd in 1887 |
