| ONEFORARTHUR | Ridden by Derek Fox, the winner of the 2017 Grand National |
| CHAIR | The ?, 15th fence in the 2017 Grand National (5) |
| GRANDNATIONAL | 184-year-old British horse race won in 2023 by Irish jockey Derek Fox riding Corach Rambler (5,8) |
| LUCINDA | And 15dn Scottish trainer of 2023 and 2017 Grand National winners (7) |
| ISABELLE | The winner of the 2017 series of Big Brother, ___ Warburton (8) |
| NEUVILLE | Thierry ?, Belgian winner of the 2017 Rally Poland, eighth round of the World Rally Championship |
| ZOOTOPIA | Winner of the 2017 Oscar for Best Animated Feature, released with a different title in the UK (8) |
| RUSSELL | Henley, American golfer, winner of the 2017 Shell Houston Open (7) |
| JUSTINTHOMAS | Kentucky-born winner of the 2017 US PGA Championship (6,6) |
| TAKUMASATO | Winner of the 2017 Indianapolis 500: 2 wds |
| WINGSOFEAGLES | Winner of the 2017 Epsom Derby (5,2,6) |
| STEPHENS | Tennis' Sloane, winner of the 2017 U.S. Open |
| BENPLATT | Winner of the 2017 Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for "Dear Evan Hansen": 2 wds. |
| ESSEN | German city, once a centre for coal and steel, winner of the 2017 European Green Capital Award |
| JACKAL | 1973 film starring Edward Fox, The Day of the ------ (6) |
| PETERSCUDAMORE | National Hunt jockey whose father Michael was the winner of the 1959 Grand National on the horse Oxo |
| THESEA | Winner of the 2005 Booker prize (or half the winner of the 1978 Booker prize) |
| ROUSSETTE | A species of fruit bat or flying fox; the traditional name of French white Altesse wine; or, a spotted dogfish (9) |
| WARREN | ___ Fox, the father of Sienna Blake's twins in Hollyoaks (6) |
| LAYLA | Signature song of Eric Clapton, first performed by Derek And The Dominos in 1971 (5) |
