| PARROTT | John -, 1991 winner of the World Snooker Championship |
| HENDRY | Stephen ___, winner of the World Snooker Championship from 1992-96 (6) |
| DAVIS | Steve ___, winner of the World Snooker Championship from 1987-89 (5) |
| MARKSELBY | Winner of the World Snooker Championship in 2014, 2016 and 2017 |
| SELBY | Mark ---, winner of the World Snooker Championships in 2014, 2016 and 2017 (5) |
| PAYNESTEWART | 1991 winner of the US Open Championship (5,7) |
| SHEFFIELD | Home of the World Snooker Championship (9) |
| CRUCIBLE | ___ Theatre, venue in Sheffield of the World Snooker Championship since 1977 (8) |
| IRVINE | Hazel ---, regular BBC presenter of the World Snooker Championships (6) |
| THORBURN | Nicknamed the Grinder, who was the first player to score a maximum break of 147 at the world snooker championships? (8) |
| RORY | In 2009, ____ McLeod was the first black player to qualify for the World Snooker Championship |
| DA | Who won the world snooker championship six times in the 1980s? (6) (5) |
| ZHAO | Who recently became the first Chinese player to win the world snooker championship? (4) |
| TABB | Michaela ?, first woman to referee the World Snooker Championship final (4) |
| APR | Mo. when the World Snooker Championship begins (3) |
| EALES | John ..... , 1991-2001 Wallabies lock (5) |
| SALAKO | John, 1991 England and 1986-95 Crystal Palace winger (6) |
| SEVEN | Best-of-___ (playoff format to determine the winner of the World Series championship) |
| LOWE | John ___, 1987 winner of the world professional darts championship (4) |
| COLINMCRAE | Driver who in 1995 became (and remains) the youngest ever winner of the World Rally Championship |