| LANCEARMSTRONG | Seven-time American champion of the Tour de France who most recently won in 2005 ... but whose title |
| BERNARDHINAULT | Five-time French champion of the Tour de France who most recently won in 1985: 2 wds. |
| MIGUELINDURAIN | Five-time Spanish champion of the Tour de France who most recently won in 1995: 2 wds. |
| RODCAREW | Seven-time American League batting champ |
| YEAR | Movie of the ___ (MTV Movie Award most recently won by "The Fault in Our Stars") |
| FOCH | Ferdinand, marshal of France who was commander in chief of Allied armies on the Western front in the First World War (4) |
| SEATTLESLEW | 1977 Triple Crown winner who was the first American champion to have been undefeated in previous races: 2 wds. |
| ISABELLA | "She-wolf of France" who played a principal role in the deposition of her husband Edward II in 1327 (8) |
| ALEXDUNBAR | Scotland and former Glasgow Warriors rugby union centre who most recently played for CA Brive |
| MACGUFFIN | Object that drives the plot of a film, but whose actual identity doesn't matter |
| ORAWASHINGTON | Basketball Hall of Famer and eight-time American Tennis Association champion nicknamed the Queen of Two Courts |
| IBARRA | Ricardo ___, Argentinian rower, three-time Pan American champion, who died in 2011 |
| CLEMENCEAU | Georges ___, prime minister of France who negotiated the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 (10) |
| NORMANS | The people of a historical region of north-west France, who invaded England in 1066 (7) |
| CHELSEA | Prem club who have most recently won the Champions League! (7) |
| ABBA | Music group who topped charts from 1972 - 1982 but whose music is still popular today (4) |
| JOANOFARC | National heroine and patron saint of France who was burned at the stake in 1431 (4,2,3) |
| THIERRYHENRY | Winner of 123 caps for France who became manager of AS Monaco in October (7,5) |
| CLAQUEUR | A person in France who was hired to applaud performers in the theatre (8) |
| NEY | Michel -, marshal of France who was shot for treason after the Battle of Waterloo (3) |
