| ENNISHILL | Lifetime Achievement winner at the 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Dame Jessica ----- ---- (5-4) |
| KATEBOSWORTH | Actress who starred in the 2017 BBC thriller series SS-GB (4,8) |
| ESTHER | That's Life! presenter for 21 years, Dame ------ Rantzen (6) |
| ELIAS | NZ's chief justice for 20 years, Dame Sian _ (5) |
| LALALAND | Best Picture nominee mistakenly announced as the winner at the 2017 Oscars |
| GETOUT | Best Original Screenplay winner at the 2017 Oscars, scripted by director Jordan Peele (3,3) |
| MOONLIGHT | Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay winner at the 2017 Oscars (9) |
| DINA | Documentary prize-winner at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival; and I (anag.) |
| RAFAELNADAL | Winner of the Men's Singles final at the 2017 French Open: 2 wds. |
| DALGLISH | Winner of the 2023 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement award, Kenny _ (8) |
| LUKEBRYAN | Play It Again country singer who sang the National Anthem at the 2017 Super Bowl: 2 wds. |
| GABBY | Sports presenter who is one of the co-presenters of BBC Sports Personality Of The Year, ___ Logan (5) |
| CHAPLIN | Oona ?, actress who played Zilpha Geary in 2017 BBC TV drama series Taboo (7) |
| THESQUARE | Palme d'Or-winning film at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, directed by Ruben Ostlund (3,6) |
| JORDANSPIETH | American golfer who won his third major at the 2017 Open Championship (6,6) |
| RITA | Actress and singer ___ Moreno who was honored at the 2017 Outfest Legacy Awards |
| SOFIA | Coppola who won Best Director at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival |
| VALTTERIBOTTAS | Finnish driver who won his first Formula One race at the 2017 Russian Grand Prix |
| METALLICA | Heavy metal band that performed with Lady Gaga on their song Moth Into Flame at the 2017 Grammys |
| NASTY | Nina Mariah Donovan poem "___ Woman," read by Ashley Judd at the 2017 Women's March |
