| BLUEGRASSSTATE | Nickname at the Derby |
| FLOJO | Nickname at the 1988 Summer Games |
| EPSOM | Town in Surrey, site of the racecourse where suffragette Emily Davison collided with George V's horse at the Derby in 1913 (5) |
| PLACE | Finish second at the Derby |
| SADDLE | Seat at the Derby? |
| EPSOMSALTS | Sailors at the Derby, perhaps, need makings of soothing dip (5,5) |
| HEF | Nickname at Playboy Enterprises |
| ADA | Adeline's nickname, at times |
| THEGRAYLADY | Will Shortz's newspaper's nickname, at least before they ran color photos |
| 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) |
| CAUTHEN | Steve ---, US jockey, the only rider to have won the Derby and Kentucky Derby |
| LAMMTARRA | Horse that won the Derby, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1995 |
| CLASSIC | The Derby or The Oaks, for example (7) |
| STARS | Sea The, The Derby winner in 2009 (5) |
| GUSTAVUS | The first grey horse to win the Derby |
| HORSERACE | The Grand National or The Derby, eg (5,4) |
| SEATHESTARS | Racehorse that won the 2000 Guineas and the Derby in 2009 (3,3,5) |
| GREY | Horse training for The Derby consistently bringing up the rear (4) |
| NIJINSKY | Horse that won both the Derby and the St Leger in 1970 (8) |
| SIRIVOR | Horse that won the 2000 Guineas and the Derby in 1968 |
