| INTHEGROOVE | Marvin Gaye puts his record on in '68 (2,3,5) |
| ROGERMARIS | Mark McGwire surpassed his record |
| TOMDEMPSEY | Placekicker noted for his record 63-yard kick |
| ESPADRILLE | Lad replies unpredictably - he puts his foot in it? (10) |
| ONEDAYSOON | Don Black/Francis Lai tune sung by Matt Monro and Tom Jones in '68 (3,3,4) |
| TRADE | Independent record label founded by Geoff Travis in 1978, from his record shop in West London (5,5) |
| ROUGH | Independent record label founded by Geoff Travis in 1978, from his record shop in West London (5,5) |
| AROD | His record $252-bil contract ends in 2010 |
| GEHRIG | Ripken broke his record in 1995 |
| MARKSPITZ | His record of seven golds in one Olympics was beaten by Michael Phelps |
| EDISON | His record for patents was surpassed by a japanese inventor in 2003 |
| ZEUGMA | The last tight game you mentioned broke his record and his heart, maybe |
| WATSON | Better known for his record playing for RR and CSK, this Australian captained RCB for three games in 2017, the only time Kohli didn't captain them since 2011 |
| HEWITT | Alcaraz broke his record to become the youngest No. 1 in men's tennis history. (6) |
| REINHOLDMESSNER | Mountaineering legend controversially stripped by Guinness in 2023 of his record for climbing all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks; GPS data showed he'd missed one summit by about 15 feet |
| BRIANRIX | Actor-manager famed for his record-breaking sequence of long-running farces on the London stage |
| ALI | His record was 56-5 |
| PREVIOUS | Apparently virtuous vicar arrested - his record? |
| ARCHIVE | Foolishly crave owning most of his record collection |
| COFFEESHOP | Business on every block in 68-Across, so it's said |
