| FASTH | Niclas ..... , Swedish golfer who won the 2005 New Zealand Open (5) |
| NICLAS | Swedish golfer who won the 2005 New Zealand Open (6,5) |
| PARRY | Australian golfer who won the 2002 New Zealand Open (5,5) |
| CRAIG | Australian golfer who won the 2002 New Zealand Open (5,5) |
| NOREN | Alex --, Swedish golfer who won the 2017 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth (5) |
| WOODS | Tiger ___, golfer who won the 2005 US Masters (5) |
| FAXON | Brad ?, golfer who won the 2005 Buick Championship (5) |
| EATON | Jason ..... , Hurricanes lock whose 2005 New Zealand rugby union debut was against Ireland (5) |
| REESE | Actress who won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Walk the Line, _ Witherspoon (5) |
| SHAUN | ____ Murphy, English snooker player who won the 2005 World Championship (5) |
| UNZIP | Perhaps scorer's more uplifted about New Zealand Open? |
| HELEN | She commenced her third term as prime minister in 2005, New Zealand's ... Clark |
| CRASH | Which film won the 2005 Oscar for Best Picture? (5) |
| KEANE | Pop group whose debut album, Hopes and Fears, won the 2005 Brit Award for Best British Album |
| TIGERWOODS | US golfer who won the 2005 Masters Tournament (5,5) |
| PARNEVIK | Jesper ___, Swedish golfer who won the 1993 Bell's Scottish Open (8) |
| EDFORS | Johan ___, Swedish golfer who won the 2006 Scottish Open (6) |
| MIKAEL | Swedish golfer who won the 2008 Russian Open (6) |
| LUNDBERG | Swedish golfer who won the 2008 Russian Open (8) |
| PERNILLA | First woman golfer at the New Zealand Open. (8) |
