| SMYTHE | Pat ?, first woman, in 1956, to ride in an Olympics showjumping event |
| PATSMYTHE | First woman, in 1956, to ride in an Olympics showjumping event (3,6) |
| HORSES | Animals that Katie teaches her students to ride in Emmerdale (6) |
| NASSER | Gamal Abdel, president of Egypt from 1956 to 1970 (6) |
| ELEVEN | A 1956 to 1958 sports racing car from Lotus (6) |
| EDITOR | Senior journalist to ride in confusion (6) |
| SANTOS | Brazilian football club for which Pele holds the appearance record, having played 1106 first-team matches from 1956 to 1974 |
| SADDLE | Prepare to ride, in a way |
| VENICE | Place to ride in a gondola |
| JODOIN | Claude ____ (CLC president 1956 to 1966) |
| ORN | ___ Arnarson, the first Icelandic male swimmer ever to participate in an Olympics finals in 2000 (3) |
| ICESKATING | Torvill %26 Dean made an art of this winter sport, while Steven Bradbury became a legend for his extraordinary win in an Olympics 'sprint' event in it (3,7) |
| SILVERMEDAL | Award for those who finish second in an Olympics event (6,5) |
| SEVEN | A specific number must take part in an Olympics event (5) |
| PEACOCK | NBC chose this bird as its logo in 1956 to best showcase the network's new color technology |
| ASTOR | Nancy ?, first woman to sit as an MP in the House of Commons (5) |
| ARTHURMILLER | US playwright married to actress Marilyn Monroe from 1956 to 1961 (6,6) |
| CRO | Where Zagreb is located, in an Olympics country abbreviation |
| CANOE | Boat in an Olympics lalomevent |
| ADELE | Singer who paused an August 2024 concert to broadcast an Olympics track event |
