| EPSOMDOWNS | Location of the Derby and Oaks racecourse (5,5) |
| EPSOM | Derby and Oaks racecourse (5) |
| OAKS | Epsom -; in the British Season, one of the five classic flat races for three-year-old horses along with the 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas, the Derby and the St Leger Stakes (4) |
| CLASSIC | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ races, five chief annual horseraces that include the Epsom Derby and Oaks (7) |
| SHADETREES | Elms and oaks |
| CAUTHEN | Steve ---, US jockey, the only rider to have won the Derby and Kentucky Derby |
| TRIGO | Gresley 'Pacific' No. 60084 won The Derby and the St Leger (5) |
| NIJINSKY | Horse that won both the Derby and the St Leger in 1970 (8) |
| TRIPLE | ___ Crown; 2,000 Guineas Stakes, the Derby and St Leger Stakes collectively (6) |
| TREES | The steer wandered into the sycamores and oaks maybe (5) |
| NOEL | Murless, trainer of the Derby winners Crepello, St. Paddy and Royal Palace (4) |
| ERHAAB | Winner of the Derby in 1994 (6) |
| KRIS | Kin, winner of the Derby in 2003 (4) |
| WILLIECARSON | Scottish jockey, a four-time winner of the Derby |
| LOVE | 2020 winner of the 1,000 Guineas and Oaks ridden by Ryan Moore (4) |
| FOUR | Number of Ashes, Crosses and Oaks in English station names (4) |
| ENTREES | Regularly chopped ferns and oaks, say, for starters |
| KAZZIA | 1000 Guineas and Oaks winner in 2002 (6) |
| THOR | Norse god of thunder, storms, agriculture and oak trees (4) |
| ACACIA | Spies appear after hiding odd bits of larch and oak tree (6) |
