| OHSOSHARP | Winner of the English fillies' triple crown in 1985 |
| NIJINSKY | Russian ballet dancer, d. 1950 - racehorse, winner of the English Triple Crown, 1970 (8) |
| WESTMEAD | 2005 and 2006 winner of the English Greyhound Derby (8,4) |
| RIVARIDGE | Winner of two legs of the Triple Crown in 1972 |
| SECRETARIAT | Winner of the US Triple Crown in 1973 ridden by Ron Turcotte |
| PREAKNESSSTAKES | Horse race run at Pimlico; second leg of the Triple Crown in the United States |
| PREAKNESS | Horse race run at Pimlico; second leg of the Triple Crown in the United States (9,6) |
| STAKES | Horse race run at Pimlico; second leg of the Triple Crown in the United States (9,6) |
| CAUTHEN | Steve, jockey who became the youngest to win the U.S. Triple Crown in 1978 (7) |
| SLEW | Seattle ___ (racehorse awarded the Triple Crown in 1977) |
| ASSAULT | Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946 |
| ERA | Category in pitching's Triple Crown, in brief |
| MANTLE | Mickey, U.S. baseball player who won a rare Triple Crown in 1956 (6) |
| GREATSEAL | - - of the Realm; Queen's official stamp obsignated at the office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery (5,4) |
| WAITANGI | Location of the first signing of a treaty between Maori Chiefs and the British Crown in 1840 whose name means 'weeping waters' in Maori |
| GOVERNORGENERAL | Chief representative of the Crown in a Commonwealth country of which the British monarch is head of state (8,7) |
| ESCHEAT | Reversion of property to the Crown in the absence of legal heirs (7) |
| LORDADVOCATE | The chief legal officer of the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland (4,8) |
| CORONET | A type of crown in miniature styled with strawberry leaves according to the rank of the respective noble (7) |
| SHERIFF | High ____ , the chief executive officer of the Crown in a county in England and Wales (7) |
