| GAMESIX | When the Blue Jays would defeat the Philadelphia Phillies to win the World Series in Toronto on October 23, 1993: Two words. |
| HOUSTON | US baseball team that defeated the Philadelphia Phillies to win the World Series on November 5, 2022 (7) |
| ASTROS | US baseball team that defeated the Philadelphia Phillies to win the World Series on November 5, 2022 (6) |
| QUINOA | 'Fonio: the grain that would defeat ___' (2014 headline yet to come true) (6) |
| HOUSTONASTROS | Texas team that beat the Philadelphia Phillies to win the 2022 World Series: 2 wds. |
| HERO | Terry Fox, Canadian ___ whose Marathon of Hope arrived in Toronto on July 11, 1980 |
| EST | It starts in Toronto on Nov. 1, this year |
| GASTON | Cito ___, Manager of the Blue Jays when the Toronto baseball team won the World Series in 1992 and 1993 |
| CITOGASTON | Manager of Toronto Blue Jays when the team won the World Series in 1992 and 1993: 2 wds. |
| BOBBYFISCHER | In 1972, who became the first US chess player to win the world championship? (5,7) |
| NATIONALS | First team to win the World Series with four road victories |
| SWEEP | Win the World Series in four games, say |
| ALANMINTER | British boxer who beat Vito Antuofermo at Caesars Palace in 1980 to win the World Middleweight title |
| BORISSPASSKY | Who did Bobby Fischer beat to win the World Chess Championship in 1972? (5,7) |
| INGEMARJOHANSSON | Swedish boxer who defeated Floyd Patterson to win the World Heavyweight Championship in 1959 |
| LISTON | Surname of boxer defeated by Mohammad Ali in 1965 to win the World Heavyweight Title, Sonny ...... (6) |
| ASTRO | Player on the team that won the World Series in 2017 and lost it in '19 |
| WAY | Go all the ___ (win the World Series) |
| COMMISSIONERSTROPHY | Award presented to the team that wins the World Series |
| MCRAE | Colin --- the first British driver to win the World Rally Championship (5) |
