| AALTONEN | Rauno -, motor racing driver; a winner of the 1965 RAC Rally |
| CORBIERE | Horse that won the 1983 Grand National, making Jenny Pitman the first woman to train a winner of the race (8) |
| CURIE | Which unit used in the measurement of radioactivity was named after a winner of the Nobel Prize in both Physics and Chemistry (5) |
| DUMAS | Romain ..... , a winner of the 2010 and 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans races (5) |
| HOTBUTTON | Snazzy racing driver's a cause of much debate |
| SHAYNE | The Good Ship Murder star who has been a winner of The X Factor, _ Ward (6) |
| MILLIKAN | Robert A -, winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physics (8) |
| ARNOLD | Frances ___, a winner of the 2018 Nobel prize in chemistry (6) |
| AYRTONSENNA | Brazilian racing driver; a three-time Formula One world champion (6,5) |
| SENNA | Ayrton ---, 20th Century Brazilian racing driver, a three-times Formula One world champion (5) |
| UCLA | The Bruins of the N.C.A.A., winners of seven consecutive national basketball championships |
| TOMMYSIMPSON | British winner of the 1965 UCI Road World Championships men's road race who died competing in the 19 |
| MARR | Dave ___, winner of the 1965 PGA Championship (4) |
| SHOLOKHOV | Mikhail, winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature (9) |
| DAVEMARR | Winner of the 1965 PGA Championship (4,4) |
| CARLSSON | Erik ........ , 1960-62 RAC Rally winner (8) |
| PHIL | First name of a winner of nine WSOP bracelets* |
| ATTON | Like a winner of a mountain marathon, in two senses |
| ATTHETOP | Like a winner of a mountain marathon, in two senses |
| ADVERSARIAL | Combative as a driver, a wild person yet to pass test (11) |
