| NEEDFORSPEED | Series of racing video games published by Electronic Arts, the first in the series being released in 1994 |
| NITROUS | Engine booster, in racing video games |
| EER | "Thou art the first knave that ___ madest a duke": Vincentio |
| COUNTERSTRIKE | Multiplayer first-person shooter video game published by Valve in which terrorists battle counter-terrorists: Hyph. |
| CRY | Far ___ first-person shooter video game published by Ubisoft |
| GRANTURISMO | Series of racing simulation video games launched in 1997 (4,7) |
| STARSANDSTRIPES | Series of racing yachts in the America's Cup (5,3,7) |
| SABIN | Whose (Albert ___) oral polio vaccine was given to millions of Russians before being released in the US? (5) |
| HAMMER | Ball on a wire whirled around the head before being released in an Olympic or Highland event (6) |
| SIM | Virtual person in an Electronic Arts game series |
| EA | Electronic arts, abbr. (2) |
| POGO | Electronic Arts online gaming site |
| RISING | Hannibal ____ is, chronologically, the first in the series which includes The Silence of the Lambs |
| ORDER | Harry Potter And The _ Of The Phoenix, first in the series to star 8A as Bellatrix Lestrange (5) |
| IDENTITY | The Bourne ___, the first in the series starring Matt Damon (8) |
| HALO | Military science first-person shooter game published by Microsoft which involves an alliance of aliens known as the Covenant |
| BIOSHOCK | First-person shooter game published by 2K Games which involves ideas Ayn Rand and George Orwell |
| HALFLIFE | First-person shooter game published by Sierra Studios in which players must escape a research facility: Hyph. |
| SCRABBLE | Classic board game published by Selchow & Richter in 1952 and promoted by Macy's |
| MELBOURNE | In 1956 this city was the first in the southern hemisphere to host the Olympic Games |
