| HENDRY | Scottish snooker player who won the World Championship seven times in the 19905 (7,6) |
| STEPHEN | Scottish snooker player who won the World Championship seven times in the 19905 (7,6) |
| SOFTBALL | Sport invented by George Hancock in 1887, with New Zealand winning the world championship seven times (8) |
| SCHUMACHER | Michael ____ won the Formula One World Championship seven times |
| WOODMAN | Derek, 1960s racer who took a 125cc M2 to third in the World Championship. (7) |
| VAUGHAN | David ....... , golfer who represented Wales seven times in the World Cup (7) |
| GITHRIE | Billy, Irish racer who took a podium at the last Isle of MAN TT to count towards the world championship. (7) |
| HIDINGOUT | Theme of this puzzle, seen seven times in the grid |
| STEPHENHENDRY | Scottish snooker player who was seven-time world champion in the 1990s (7,6) |
| DALEEARNHARDT | NASCAR Hall of Famer who won the NASCAR Cup Series Drivers' Championship seven times from 1980 to 1994: 2 wds. |
| HARUCHIKAAOKI | The youngest. and most successful. of three Japanese racing brothers in the 19905. (9.4) |
| POTTHELOTDOTT | Another nickname for the Scottish snooker player often called the Pocket Dynamo |
| DROPLEAFTABLE | Piece of furniture with parts that fold down, as depicted seven times in this puzzle |
| GRIFFITHS | Terry ___, Welsh snooker player who won the World Championship in 1979 |
| WILSON | Kyren, snooker player who won the World Championship in 2024 (6) |
| JOHNHIGGINS | Scottish snooker player who won the first of his four world titles in 1998 |
| PULMAN | John ___, English snooker player who won the world championship eight times between 1957 and 1968 (6) |
| DOTT | Graeme ___, Scottish snooker player who won the 2006 World Championship |
| RONNIEOSULLIVAN | English snooker player who first won the World Championship in 2001 (6,9) |
| MCGILL | Anthony, Scottish snooker player who eliminated Ronnie O'Sullivan in the 2021 world championships (6) |
