| CRUCIBLE | ___ Theatre, venue in Sheffield of the World Snooker Championship since 1977 (8) |
| LANE | Cherry ___ Theatre (venue recently bought by A24) |
| DRURY | -- Lane, London theatre venue which opened in 1663 (5) |
| THORBURN | Nicknamed the Grinder, who was the first player to score a maximum break of 147 at the world snooker championships? (8) |
| INDYCARS | Vehicles driven in the US National Championship since 1916 |
| WILLIAMS | Current F1 team which has won seven drivers' championships and nine constructors' championships since it was founded in 1977 (8) |
| HENDRY | Stephen ...... , seven-times winner of the world snooker championship in the 1990s (6) |
| MARKSELBY | Winner of the World Snooker Championship in 2014, 2016 and 2017 (4,5) |
| DAVIS | Joe ...... inaugural winner of the world snooker championship in 1927 (S) |
| USWEEKLY | Celebrity mag since 1977 |
| SHEFFIELD | City where the world snooker championship has taken place each year since 1977 |
| PARROTT | John ___, 1991 winner of the World Snooker Championship (7) |
| TRUMP | Judd , 2011 and 2022 runner-up and 2019 winner of the World Snooker Championship (5) |
| SELBY | Mark ---, winner of the World Snooker Championships in 2014, 2016 and 2017 (5) |
| ALEXANDRAPALACE | Venue in north London of the PDC World Darts Championship since 2008 (9,6) |
| IRVINE | Hazel ---, regular BBC presenter of the World Snooker Championships (6) |
| RORY | In 2009, ____ McLeod was the first black player to qualify for the World Snooker Championship |
| DA | Who won the world snooker championship six times in the 1980s? (6) (5) |
| TOKYO | At ____ in 1991, four answers in this puzzle were the UK’s first 4x400m winners in a global championship since 1936 |
| ZHAO | Who recently became the first Chinese player to win the world snooker championship? (4) |
