| BLACKMORE | Rachael ___ , first female jockey to win the English Grand National on Minella Times in 2021 (9) |
| AINTREE | Racecourse at which the English Grand National is run (7) |
| OPED | Term retired by the New York Times in 2021 in favor of "guest essay" |
| ETNA | It erupted more than 50 times in 2021 |
| MICHELLEPAYNE | Riding Prince of Penzance in 2015, who was the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup? (8,5) |
| RUBYWALSH | Irish jockey who won the Grand National on Papillon and Hedgehunter |
| SHOEMAKER | Oldest jockey to win the Kentucky Derby |
| MP | First female jockey to win Melbourne Cup, initials (2) |
| ROBYN | ___ Smith, first female jockey to win a major race |
| NIJINSKY | Horse that in 1970 became the first in 35 years to win the English Triple Crown |
| ECOMMERCE | Recommence after leader ousts national on-line trade (1-8) |
| TURNER | Hayley, first female jockey to ride 100 UK flat race winners in a calendar year (6) |
| PETERSCUDAMORE | National Hunt jockey whose father Michael was the winner of the 1959 Grand National on the horse Oxo |
| GILLDAVIS | Rachael ___-___, Dales actress who plays Gail Loman (4-5) |
| ENID | Forename of the author who created the character Velvet Brown, who wins the Grand National on a piebald horse won in a village raffle (4) |
| DAVIDMULLINS | Jockey who won the 2016 Grand National on Rule The World |
| LESTER | 18-year-old ... Piggott became the youngest jockey to win an English Derby when he rode Never Say Die to victory in 1954 |
| VAR | Video Assistant Referee, as it is called in short; it will be used for the Euro Cup for the first time in 2021 |
| CHAMPION | Bob ___, jockey who won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti |
| REDRUM | Only horse to have won the Grand National on three occasions |
