| CINK | Stewart ___, winner of the 2009 Open Championship (4) |
| REAR | 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film starring James Stewart, _ Window (4) |
| AMIR | Basketballer Johnson of the 2009-15 Raptors |
| NERO | Romulan villain of the 2009 movie Star Trek |
| IWAS | Rod Stewart "___ Only Joking" |
| CASEY | Paul ..... , English golfer; winner of the 2009 Shell Houston Open, 2019 Porsche European Open and 2021 Omega Dubai Desert Classic tournaments (5) |
| BUTTON | Jenson ___, winner of the 2009 F1 World Drivers' Championship (6) |
| BENSPIES | Winner of the 2009 Superbike World Championship (3,5) |
| LIAMTREADWELL | Rider of Mon Mome, 100-1 winner of the 2009 Grand National |
| OBAMA | Winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. (5) |
| SEATHESTARS | Winner of the 2009 Epsom Derby (3,3,5) |
| ADELE | Winner of the 2009 Best New Artist Grammy |
| PAKISTAN | Winner of the 2009 T20 Cricket World Cup |
| ROSSI | Valentino, winner of the 2009 MotoGP title (5) |
| STONER | Casey ...... , winner of the 2009 Qatar Motogp (6) |
| ROLLS | Charles Stewart ___, British motoring and aviation pioneer who made the first non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane in 1910 (5) |
| COPELAND | Stewart _, drummer and founder member of The Police (8) |
| ISLAFISHER | See picture clue: Star of the 2009 movie Confessions of a Shopaholic (4,6) |
| ALGORE | Author of the 2009 book subtitled "A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis" |
| LORDS | Venue for the final of the 2009 T20 Cricket World Cup |