| ANDRETTI | Mario ?, winner of the 1978 F1 World Championship (8) |
| MAHAFFEY | John ?, US winner of the 1978 PGA Championship (8) |
| MASERATI | Make of car in which Juan Fangio won the 1957 F1 World Championship (8) |
| PETERSON | Ronnie -....... two-time runner-up in the F1 World Championship (8) |
| SARGEANT | Florida-born 2024 F1 World Championship Williams driver (8) |
| NINTENDO | Which company created Super Mario? (8) |
| THESEA | Winner of the 2005 Booker prize (or half the winner of the 1978 Booker prize) |
| MURDOCH | Iris, winner of the 1978 Booker Prize with The Sea, the Sea (7) |
| MARIO | 1969 Indianapolis 500 and 1978 F1 World Drivers' Championship winner (5) |
| SINGER | Isaac Bashevis --, winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature (6) |
| GHANA | Hosts and winners of the 1978 African Cup of Nations (5) |
| BAKSHI | Animator Ralph of the 1978 version of "The Lord of the Rings" |
| BUTTON | Jenson ...... , winner of the 2009 F1 World Championship (6) |
| MANSELL | Nigel ___, winner of the 1992 F1 World Championship (7) |
| SADAT | Anwar, Egyptian president who was a co-winner of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize (5) |
| AOKI | Isao ...., Japanese golfer; winner of the 1978 Work! Match Play an 1993 Panasonic European Open tournaments (4) |
| AGUTTER | Jenny ___, winner of the 1978 Best Supporting Actress Bafta for her performance in Equus (7) |
| KEMPES | Mario ?, Argentina 1978 FIFA World Cup Final winner; top scorer at the tournament (6) |
| FROME | Town in Mendip, Somerset; birthplace of 2009 F1 World Championship winner Jenson Button (5) |
| MATRA | Make of car Jackie Stewart drove to win the 1969 F1 World Championship (5) |
