| ADMIRALSCUP | International yachting regatta that was for many years the unofficial world championship of offshore |
| THENUTCRACKER | 1892 ballet whose music - by Tchaikovsky - was for many years more popular than the ballet (3,10) |
| LEGENDS | Retired international cricketers participating in the World Championship of _______ 2025 tournament. (7) |
| MACYS | Famed New York department store, for many years the world's largest. (5) |
| PANAM | Which airline, for many years the world's largest, went bust in 1991? (3,2) |
| ADMIRAL | ___'s Cup - international yachting regatta based at Cowes in England (7) |
| DARRELLGREEN | For many years, the NFL's fastest man |
| DUCKOFTHEBAY | Otis Redding song that was for the birds, before he changed the title? |
| PEOPLEGETREADY | 1965 hit that was the unofficial anthem of the civil rights movement: 3 wds. |
| AMERICASCUP | The Louis Vuitton cup is staged to find the challenger for this yachting regatta (7'1,3) |
| MIDDLEENGLAND | Dancing legend seen in bank that was for the well-to-do |
| IRVING | Composer of songs and musicals including Annie Get Your Gun and the unofficial anthem of the USA, Go |
| CLUJ | City that is the unofficial capital of the Transylvania region in Romania (4) |
| PLAN | Madison's 'Virginia ___' was the unofficial agenda for the Constitutional Convention |
| ADMIRALS | In-1967-Australia-first-won-this-international-yachting-event-that-includes-the-famous-Fastnet-Race,-the-...-Cup-(7'1) |
| FRANCOPHONE | Having a particular language that was for speaking to Spanish leader? |
| WORLDSERIES | The annual championship of Major League Baseball in North America (5.6) |
| BARMYARMY | They are called the unofficial 12th man of the English cricket team. (5,4) |
| NOR | Word repeated in the unofficial motto of the U.S. Postal Service |
| CHEMICALBONDS | Electrical forces that hold atoms together...or the unofficial nickname of baseball's "home run king": 2 wds |
