| BORISSPASSKY | Who did Bobby Fischer beat to win the World Chess Championship in 1972? (5,7) |
| SPAKY | Fischer beat him to become the World Champion |
| SPASSKY | Fischer beat him in Reykjavik |
| LEETREVINO | Golfer who won The Open Championship in 1972 (3,7) |
| TREVINO | Lee, golfer who won The Open Championship in 1972 (7) |
| BOBBYFISCHER | In 1972, who became the first US chess player to win the world championship? (5,7) |
| UPTON | Who was the mental conditioning coach for D. Gukesh when he won the World Chess Championship in 2024? (5) |
| NIGELSHORT | English chess player who challenged Garry Kasparov for the World Chess Championship in 1993 |
| NIGEL | English chess player who challenged Garry Kasparov for the World Chess Championship in 1993 (5,5) |
| SHORT | English chess player who challenged Garry Kasparov for the World Chess Championship in 1993 (5,5) |
| JOHANNESBURG | In which city did Spain win the World Cup? (12) |
| IAN | Nepomniachtchi who lost the World Chess Championship in April |
| FISCHER | Bobby ---, American chess grandmaster who took the World Chess Championship title from Boris Spassky in 1972 (7) |
| COLIN | Scottish driver who in 1995 became the first British man to win the World Rally Championship Drivers' title (5,5) |
| MCRAE | Scottish driver who in 1995 became the first British man to win the World Rally Championship Drivers' title (5,5) |
| ALANMINTER | British boxer who beat Vito Antuofermo at Caesars Palace in 1980 to win the World Middleweight title |
| INGEMARJOHANSSON | Swedish boxer who defeated Floyd Patterson to win the World Heavyweight Championship in 1959 |
| ZHAO | Who recently became the first Chinese player to win the world snooker championship? (4) |
| GAMESIX | When the Blue Jays would defeat the Philadelphia Phillies to win the World Series in Toronto on October 23, 1993: Two words. |
| MURZIN | Identify the surname of this Russian GM who won the World Rapid Chess Championship in December 2024. (6) |
