| GRESINI | Won almost every race in his World Championship-winning year on a Garelli twin. (7) |
| AKABUSI | Kriss ---, member of the world-championship-winning men's 4x400m squad in 1991 |
| NCAA | Org. whose "March Madness" tournament would have started this week, had it not been canceled due to coronavirus concerns; some of its past champions (with their winning years) begin the four theme ent |
| SAL | Losing pitcher to Don in his World Series perfect game |
| BERRA | Larsen's catcher in his World Series perfect game |
| AIRACE | Snoopy, in his World War I fantasies, e.g. |
| WORLDBEATER | One defeating rivals in every race |
| AGONYOFDEFEET | What de really bad marathoners have to go through after every race? |
| DERV | Starting to drive every race, virtually, with some fuel (4) |
| SONAUTO | French Yamaha importer for whom Christian Sarron won his world title. (7) |
| WHICKER | Alan, the late TV presenter who introduced us to his World (7) |
| IMPREZA | A Subaru with World Rally Championship-winning credentials (7) |
| ZOELLER | Fuzzy ___, home-grown 1984 US Open Championship-winning golfer (7) |
| LITTLER | Gene ___, 1961 US Open Championship-winning golfer (7) |
| EDWARDS | Double WSB championship winning Tornado. (7) |
| SYNONYM | Setter/compiler, say, that gets stuck in almost every clue (7) |
| SEVERAL | Cut almost every one, or just quite a lot |
| TEACAKE | Almost every individual stops to eat some food (7) |
| KARAOKE | Bars shown in almost every romance anime |
| PALERMO | Certain style encapsulating almost every old Italian city (7) |
