| SPENCER | John ..., snooker's world champion in 1969 and 1971 (7) |
| SPASSKY | Boris --, chess world champion in 1969 (7) |
| HIGGINS | John ----, snooker's Wizard of Wishaw (7) |
| PITTARD | Souths' 1969 and 1971 Rothmans medallist, Denis ... (7) |
| NAPOLES | Jose, Cuban boxer who first became undisputed world welterweight champion in 1969 (7) |
| VIRGO | John ..... , snooker's 1979 UK Championship winner (5) |
| DENISPITTARD | Souths five-eighth, 1969 and 1971 Rothmans medallist (5,7) |
| ANNJONES | British Wimbledon ladies' singles champion in 1969 |
| DOHERTY | Ken ......., snooker's world champion in 1997 (7) |
| JACKLIN | Tony ___, English golfer who won The Open Championship in 1969 and the US Open in 1970 (7) |
| BEATLES | Band that released "Come Together" in 1969 and broke up in 1970 |
| GADDAFI | Army officer who overthrew Libya's monarchy in 1969 and ruled as a dictator for 40 years (7) |
| BLUTACK | Reusable putty-like pressure-sensitive adhesive developed by Bostik in Leicester in 1969 and originally called Prestik (3,4) |
| STEVENS | Matthew ......., runner up in snooker's World Championship in 2000 and 2005 (7) |
| WILLIAMS | Snooker's world champion in 2000, 2003 and 2018 (4,8) |
| MARK | Snooker's world champion in 2000, 2003 and 2018 (4,8) |
| STEPHENHENDRY | Scotsman who became the youngest snooker world champion in 1990, aged 21 (7,6) |
| TERRY | Griffiths, snooker's world champion in 1979 (5) |
| CLIFF | Thorburn, snooker's world champion in 1980 (5) |
| DOTT | Snooker's world champion in 2006 (4) |
