| MANTLE | Mickey, baseball player who was MVP in the American League in 1956 and 1957 (6) |
| PARKER | Tony ___ French-American former basketball player who was MVP of the 2007 NBA finals |
| LEWHOAD | Champion Australian tennis player who won the Wimbledon title in 1956 and 1957 (3,4) |
| ELWAY | John, Denver Broncos quarterback who was MVP in Super Bowl XXXIII in 1999 (5) |
| NAMATH | Joe, American Football quarterback who was MVP for the New York Jets in Super Bowl III in 1969 (6) |
| ASTROS | Houston team that switched to the American League in 2013 |
| FANGIO | Juan Manuel ___, Argentine racing driver who won the World Championship five times between 1951 and 1957 |
| SIVORI | 1956-57 Argentina, 1961-62 Italy and 1957-65 Juventus midfielder; 1961 Ballon d'Or winner (4,6) |
| LEBRON | Cleveland Cavaliers MVP in the 2016 NBA finals, ... James (6) |
| LEN | Pitcher Barker who led the American League in strikeouts in 1980 and 1981 |
| SUEZ | Canal built in 1869, fought for in 1956, and in the news in 2021 when a ship ran aground and blocked it |
| CONE | David who led the American League in wins in 1998 |
| TIANT | Pitcher Luis whose 1.60 ERA in 1968 is the lowest single-season mark in the American League since 19 |
| DOBY | Larry who broke the color line in the American League |
| CANO | Yankee Robinson who was MVP of the 2013 World Baseball Classic |
| BLUEJAYS | Toronto baseball team which plays in the American League (4,4) |
| ICHIRO | With 41-Across Japanese baseball player who was named both AL Rookie of the Year and AL MVP in 2001 |
| BABERUTH | US baseball player who was also nicknamed The Bambino and The Sultan Of Swat (4,4) |
| WILLIEMAYS | American former baseball player who was nicknamed The Say Hey Kid (6,4) |
| LOUGEHRIG | 20th-century American baseball player who was nicknamed "the Iron Horse" (3,6) |
