| EMMY | US TV award first presented in 1949 (4) |
| ESPY | Athletes' award first presented in 1993 |
| GOLDENGLOBE | Movie award first presented in 1944 |
| NOBELPRIZE | Award first presented in 1901 (5,5) |
| GRAMMY | Music award first presented in 1959 (6) |
| OSCARS | Popular name for film awards first presented in 1929 (6) |
| OBIES | Theatre awards first presented in 1956 |
| TONY | Annual U.S. theatre award first established in 1947 (4) |
| GEAR | BBC TV motoring show first presented by Angela Rippon in 1977 (3,4) (see 18A) |
| OBIE | Theater award first bestowed in 1956 |
| BRIT | Annual music awards first held in 1977 (4) |
| BLUE | Children's TV series first presented by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams (4,5) |
| ESPYS | Awards first presented at Madison Square Garden in 1993 |
| RYDERCUP | Trophy first presented in 1927 (5,3) |
| IRONCROSS | Prussian military award first awarded in the Napoleonic Wars (4,5) |
| TOP | BBC TV motoring show first presented by Angela Rippon in 1977 (3,4) (see 11A) |
| TOPGEAR | BBC TV motoring show first presented by Angela Rippon in 1977 (3,4) |
| FORTUNE | Wheel Of ___, TV game show begun in the UK in 1988, first presented by Nicky Campbell (7) |
| DOROTHYLIVESAY | Winnipeg-born poet (b.1909 - d.1996) who won the Governor General's Literary Award, first in 1944 and again in 1947: 2 wds. |
| OBE | Award first given by King George V, in brief |
