| BRIT | Nationality (abbr.) of Olympian Sir Steve Redgrave, who won 5-gold rowing medals in 5-consecutive Games |
| RICHARDSON | Actress daughter of Vanessa Redgrave who was married to Liam Neeson at the time of her death in 2009 following a skiing accident (7,10) |
| NATASHA | Actress daughter of Vanessa Redgrave who was married to Liam Neeson at the time of her death in 2009 following a skiing accident (7,10) |
| BENAINSLIE | The first person to win medals in five different Olympic Games in sailing |
| BELG | Poirot's nationality: abbr. |
| NAOMI | *Judd who won 5 Grammys as part of duo and one alone |
| JUDGE | Someone who decides who won (5) |
| STRAIGHT | Poker hand of 5 consecutive cards (8) |
| RINGS | Phillip Schofield's ITV game show, 5 Gold ----- (5) |
| PHILLIP | ____ Schofield, TV presenter whose past shows include Going Live! and 5 Gold Rings (7) |
| WIGGINS | Retired road and track racing cyclist, Olympian Sir Bradley _ (7) |
| HOY | Highly-decorated Olympian, Sir Chris _ (3) |
| ANDYHOLMES | British rower who won Olympic gold medals with Sir Steve Redgrave in 1984 and 1988 |
| ERIC | American Olympian who won five gold medals in speed skating at the 1980 Games in Lake Placid |
| HEIDEN | American Olympian who won five gold medals in speed skating at the 1980 Games in Lake Placid |
| ROWING | Sport at which Sir Steve Redgrave won gold at five successive Olympics (6) |
| PINSENT | English rower who won four consecutive Olympic gold medals, three of them with Steve Redgrave (7) |
| ROWER | What kind of sportsman is Sir Steve Redgrave? (5) |
| PHELPS | Michael, swimmer who won five gold medals at the 2016 Olympics in Rio (6) |
| REDGRAVE | British retired rower who won at five Olympic gold medals, Sir Steve _ (8) |
