| HINAULT | Nicknamed le Blaireau (or, the badger), French cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (7) |
| BERNARDHINAULT | French cyclist who won the Tour de France five times in the 1970s and 1980s (7,7) |
| FIGNON | Laurent ___, French cyclist who won the Tour de France twice, in 1983 and 1984 |
| EDDY | --- Merckx, Belgian cyclist who won the Tour de France five times in the 1960s and '70s (4) |
| EDDYMERCKX | Belgian cyclist who won the Tour de France five times in the 1960s and 1970s (4,6) |
| INDURAIN | Miguel ___, Spanish cyclist who was the first rider to win the Tour de France five times in a row |
| MERCKX | Belgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (6) |
| PINGEON | French cyclist; 1967 Tour de France winner (7) |
| GORDINI | Famous tuner nicknamed 'Le Sorcier' (7) |
| GRABBED | Got hold of the badger with note (7) |
| LACOSTE | Tennis star nicknamed Le Crocodile |
| FELICIA | French cyclist Ballanger |
| YATES | Simon, cyclist who won the 2018 Vuelta a Espana and the young rider classification at 2017's Tour de France (5) |
| TADEJ | _ Pogacar, Slovenian cyclist who won the 2020 Tour de France (5) |
| EVANS | Cadel ...... Australian cyclist who won the 2011 Tour de France (5) |
| MARCO | Cyclist who won the 1998 Tour de France (5) |
| AIMAR | Lucien -, cyclist who won the 1966 Tour de France (5) |
| JONAS | ... Vingegaard, the winner of the 2022 and 2023 editions of the Tour de France. (5) |
| ETAPE | French word used to describe a stage or leg of a multi-stage bicycle race such as the Tour de France (5) |
| STAGE | Part of a theatre framed by a proscenium arch; or, one of a series of "legs" in the Tour de France (5) |
