| EDDERY | Pat ___, former jockey who rode the Derby winners Grundy, Golden Fleece and Quest for Fame |
| PIGGOTT | Lester ___, former jockey (7) |
| CHAMPION | Surname of Bob, the former jockey who took part in The Real Marigold Hotel in 2018 (8) |
| ROBYN | Former jockey who was married to Fred Astaire in the '80s, ___ Smith |
| SHARP | Pat _, former Fun House presenter (5) |
| MICHAELKINANE | Irish jockey who rode the Derby winners Commander in Chief, Galileo and Sea The Stars, as well as breeding the 2007 winner Authorized (7,6) |
| JOHNNYMURTAGH | Irish jockey who rode the Derby winners Sinndar, High Chaparral and Motivator (6,7) |
| RAEJOHNSTONE | Australian jockey who rode the Derby winners My Love, Galcador and Lavandin (3,9) |
| WILLIECARSON | Scottish jockey who rode the Derby winners Troy, Henbit, Nashwan and Erhaab (6,6) |
| DETTORI | Frankie --, Italian jockey who rode the Epsom Derby winners of 2007 and 2015 (7) |
| WRAGG | Harry ___, jockey whose 13 Classic winners include the Derby winners Felstead, Blenheim and Watling Street |
| ARGO | Jason's ship of heroes that was a magical timbered tongue and sailing oracle on a gilded voyage and quest for the Golden Fleece (4) |
| MEDEA | Princess of Colchis who helped Jason to obtain the Golden Fleece and then married him (5) |
| NOEL | Murless, trainer of the Derby winners Crepello, St. Paddy and Royal Palace (4) |
| WALSH | Ruby ..... , jockey who rode the 2005 Grand National-winning horse Hedgehunter (5) |
| JANEEYRE | Charlotte Bronte's Bildungsroman featuring a "red room" symbolic of the titular heroine's entrapment, fear and quest for liberty (4,4) |
| STARS | Sea The, The Derby winner in 2009 (5) |
| CORROBORATE | Bear out box containing Golden Fleece and Ring |
| MINSTREL | The ........, Derby winner in 1977 (8) |
| BRODIE | 2018-19 Copeland Trophy winner, ... Grundy (6) |
