| HOLLANDAISE | One of the five mother sauces (11) |
| BECHAMEL | One of the five 'mother sauces' of French cuisine, made from a white roux and milk, seasoned with nutmeg (8) |
| VELOUTE | Light stock or broth thickened with blond roux; one of Auguste Escoffier's five "mother sauces" (7) |
| CLASSICRACE | One of the five main flat horse events |
| BESTPICTURE | One of the five Oscars won by gladiator |
| ROUX | Component of three of the five French "mother sauces" |
| ESPAGNOLE | One of the "mother sauces" of French cuisine (9) |
| ARCTIC | One of the five oceans of the world - and one of the coldest |
| STLEGER | One of the five classics of the flat-racing season and the final leg of the English Triple Crown (2,5) |
| STATENISLAND | One of the five boroughs of New York City, located in the southwest of the city (6,6) |
| 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) |
| MICHIGAN | Lake ... is the only one of the five Great Lakes of North America that lies entirely within the Unit |
| FINGER | One of the five terminal members of the hand other than the thumb |
| RING | Red, yellow, green, blue or black, one of the five interlocking shapes forming the symbol of the Olympic Games (4) |
| METATARSAL | One of the five long bones in the foot between the toes and the tarsus (10) |
| RAVI | Rising in the Himalayas, one of the five tributaries of the Indus that give Punjab its name (4) |
| MOUNTKENYA | Africa's second-highest peak, which shares its name with one of the five countries recently elected to the U.N. Security Council; the other four are in the other theme entries |
| ACHERON | One of the five rivers of Hades, known as the River of Woe (7) |
| KARA | Steel bangle worn by Sikhs as one of the five Ks, typically on the wrist of the dominant hand (4) |
| GOLIATH | One large oaf originally having setback in one of the five cities of the Philistines (7) |
