| DUNFERMLINE | Winner of the 1977 Epsom Oaks, and the St Leger (11) |
| BEECH | Tree in the family that includes the oaks and the chestnuts (5) |
| MINSTREL | The ---, 1977 Epsom Derby-winning horse ridden by Lester Piggott (8) |
| SHERWOOD | Forest location of the Major Oak and the Greendale Oak |
| OAKS | Epsom -; in the British Season, one of the five classic flat races for three-year-old horses along with the 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas, the Derby and the St Leger Stakes (4) |
| AESOP | "The Oak and the Reed" storyteller |
| NIJINSKY | Horse that won both the Derby and the St Leger in 1970 (8) |
| TRIGO | Gresley 'Pacific' No. 60084 won The Derby and the St Leger (5) |
| COARSEGRAIN | Feature of oak and ash |
| MELD | Horse that won the St Leger, Oaks and 1,000 Guineas in 1955 (4) |
| ANNIE | Winner of the 1977 Tony Award for Best Musical |
| SCHAMA | Joint winner of the 1977 Wolfson History Prize |
| ROCKY | Winner of the 1977 Oscar for Best Picture (5) |
| PLAINSOFABRAHAM | Plateau in E Canada between the city of Quebec and the St Lawrence River; scene of an important British victory (1759) in the Seven Years' War (6,2,7) |
| MONARCHIST | Is a great advocate of The Crown, The King and I, and The Street (10) |
| CLASSIC | Word used to describe the Epsom Oaks, Jane Austen's Emma, a car such as the Lagonda LG45 Tourer or a cobbled cycle race such as the Tour of Flanders (7) |
| THEOAKS | Second-oldest of the five English Classic horse races after the St Leger, run at Epsom Downs since 1779 (3,4) |
| JULIO | Mariner, winner of the St Leger in 1978 (5) |
| CLICHE | Classic ..... .winner of the St Leger in 1995 (6) |
| RAMRUMA | 1999 winner of The Oaks, Irish Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks (7) |
