| ARCHERY | Practice written about in Roger Ascham's Toxophilus which is one of the world's oldest sports (7) |
| FERRARI | Nine-time winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's oldest sports-car endurance race |
| PROTEUS | Character in The Two Gentlemen of Verona; or, one of the newly-discovered moons of Neptune which is one of the darkest objects in the solar system (7) |
| LONGBOW | Weapon written about by Roger Ascham in his book Toxophilus (7) |
| LEANDER | One of the world's oldest rowing clubs, based in Remenham in Berkshire (7) |
| MERCURY | Dog's -; poisonous herbaceous perennial which is one of the first plants to emerge in ancient woodlands in the spring (7) |
| POTENZA | City in Basilicata which is one of the highest regional capitals in Italy (7) |
| ATACAMA | South American desert which is one of the driest places in the world (7) |
| CAPULET | Family name in "Romeo and Juliet" which is one of the Shakespearean plays at the Stratford Festival in 2024 |
| FALCONS | Oldest sports franchise that has never won a championship in the "Big Four" leagues (N.F.L., N.B.A., M.L.B., N.H.L.) |
| ASTAIRE | The "he" in "Rogers did everything he did ... backwards and in high heels" |
| WINDSOR | Name of the world's oldest, largest inhabited castle, said to be haunted by the sculptor who created |
| ANTWERP | Flanders city, home of the world's oldest stock-exchange building (7) |
| ANDORRA | Landlocked principality in the Pyrenees between France and Spain which is one of Europe's smallest nations and a partial tax haven (7) |
| QUAKERS | These people found a safe haven in Roger William's new colony |
| CYANIDE | Which is one of the most deadly poisons (7) |
| AUCHMAR | 19th-century Gothic Revival manor estate on Hamilton Mountain which is one of the participating attractions as per #43- |
| WALMART | Its first store opened in Rogers, AR, in 1962 |
| ALTOONA | Pennsylvania home of the world's oldest operating wooden roller coaster |
| MARANON | River rising in the range described in 31 Down which is one of the principal tributaries of the Amazon (7) |
