| KNOWLES | Tony ___, snooker player who won the 1983 Professional Players Tournament (7) |
| DRAGO | Tony ___, snooker player (5) |
| MAGUIRE | Stephen ___, snooker player who won the 2013 Welsh Open (7) |
| WILLIAM | British writer who won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature (7,7) |
| GOLDING | British writer who won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature (7) |
| HALLETT | Mike ___, snooker player whitewashed by Steve Davis in the 1988 Benson and Hedges Masters Final (7) |
| SNOOKER | Horace Lindrum was the world champion professional player of which table game (7) |
| ORIOLES | The Baltimore --won the 1983 World Series in baseball (7) |
| HIGGINS | John ___, snooker player (7) |
| SKILLED | Professional players finally slaughtered (7) |
| BENEFIT | Professional player's favourite match (7) |
| ZWILICH | Ellen -, US composer whose Symphony no 1 (Three Movements for Orchestra) won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Music (7) |
| TEENOSO | Horse that won the 1983 Derby (7) |
| VIRGO | John ___, snooker player who won the 1979 UK Championship (5) |
| TRUMP | Judd ___, snooker player who won the 2011 China Open (5) |
| SMALL | Chris ___, snooker player who won the 2002 LG Cup (5) |
| THORNE | Willie ___, snooker player who was nicknamed "Mr Maximum" |
| TAMBAY | Patrick, French F1 motor racing driver who won the 1983 San Marino GP (6) |
| ARNOUX | Rene, F1 motor racing driver who won the 1983 German GP (6) |
| LECHWALESA | Leader of Solidarity who won the 1983 Nobel peace prize |
