| THEOAKS | A Classic British horse race for three year-old fillies run at Epsom and established in 1779 (3,4) |
| OAKS | The -, Epsom horse racing fixture established in 1779 (4) |
| WATERLOOBRIDGE | Lawrence initially appearing in War Games, a classic British film |
| ROLLS | Charles ---, co-founder of a classic British car marque |
| INCA | Born in South America and established in California |
| DELTA | U.S. airline headquartered in Atlanta and established in 1928 (5) |
| STLEGER | Group 1 flat horse race for three-year old colts and fillies run at Doncaster each September (2,5) |
| BELMONT | --- Stakes, horse race for three-year-olds in New York; the third leg of the US Triple Crown (7) |
| CLASSIC | Any one of the five Group 1 horse races for three-year olds (7) |
| KENTUCKYDERBY | A horse race for three-yearold thoroughbreds run annually since 1875 at Louisville, USA (8,5) |
| GRANDNATIONAL | 184-year-old British horse race won in 2023 by Irish jockey Derek Fox riding Corach Rambler (5,8) |
| ASCOT | Place for a British horse race |
| THEDERBY | Annual horse race for three year-olds (3,5) |
| AMAZINGGRACE | A Christian hymn published in 1779, with lyrics by English poet and clergyman John Newton (7,5) |
| JAMESCOOK | Royal Navy captain who died in Hawaii during his third exploratory voyage in the Pacific in 1779 |
| TOMINTOUL | The highest village in the Highlands, founded by the Duke of Gordon in 1779 (9) |
| NASHVILLE | State capital in the southern USA (pop about 700,000), founded in 1779 (9) |
| EPSOM | British horse race place |
| GENEROUS | Racehorse who won both the Epsom and the Irish Derby in 1991 |
| DAVIDGARRICK | 18c English actor and theatre manager who died in 1779 (5,7) |
