| SHERGAR | Irish racehorse which won the 1981 Derby, kidnapped in 1983 and never found (7) |
| CIGAR | US racehorse which won the 1995 Breeders' Cup Classic (5) |
| WALTERSWINBURN | Jockey who rode Shergar to victory in the 1981 Derby by a record 10 lengths |
| MAGICAL | Irish racehorse that was rated in the top 20 in the world in 2018 and 2019 |
| LASORDA | National League Manager of the Year in 1983 and 1988 |
| CANETTI | Elias, Bulgarian-born novelist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature (7) |
| LAFFITE | Jacques, F1 motor racing driver who won the 1981 Austrian GP (7) |
| SUNFISH | Sea creature never found at first in exotic sushi (7) |
| MCENROE | John ......., men's singles champion at Wimbledon in 1981, 1983 and 1984 (7) |
| ELLIOTT | Irish racehorse trainer suspended earlier this year after a photo emerged of him sitting on a dead horse. (7) |
| TELFORD | ....... United, 1971, 1983 and 1989 FA Trophy Final runner-up (7) |
| SWINBURN | Walter, jockey who won rode the Irish Derby winners in 1983 and 1986 (8) |
| BOLLE | Won his only GP at Silverstone in 1983 and became the President of the French Motorcycle Federation. (5) |
| FIGNON | Laurent ___, French cyclist who won the Tour de France twice, in 1983 and 1984 |
| NOVICE | The term for a racehorse which hasn't won prior to the start of the current season. (6) |
| HELLO | Title of hits by Lionel Richie in 1983 and Adele in 2015 (5) |
| SEMATARY | This Stephen King story was first filmed in 1983 and remade in 2019 (3,8) |
| PET | This Stephen King story was first filmed in 1983 and remade in 2019 (3,8) |
| EDHARRIS | He played John Glenn in 1983 and John McCain in 2012 |
| LACAGEAUXFOLLES | Musical that premiered in 1983 and contains the song I Am What I Am (2,4,3,6) |
