| DETTORI | Frankie, horserace jockey who won the 1996 Japan Cup on Singspiel (7) |
| PIGGOTT | Jockey who won the Derby on nine occasions (7) |
| CAUTHEN | Steve ......., American jockey who won the Epsom Derby on two occasions (7) |
| PESLIER | Olivier ___, jockey who won the 1998 Derby on High-Rise (7) |
| STEVENS | Gary ....... , jockey who won the Kentucky Derby on three occasions (7) |
| SAINTLY | Which horse won the 1996 Melbourne cup (7) |
| URUGUAY | South American country that won the first football World Cup on July 30, 1930 |
| OCTAVIA | Singspiel in three acts by Reinhard Keiser (7) |
| NEWYORK | Baseball team that won the 1996 World Series (3,4,7) |
| YANKEES | Baseball team that won the 1996 World Series (3,4,7) |
| REDNECK | Les Murray won the 1996 TS Eliot Prize for his work Subhuman ... Poems |
| PLUNGER | Component of a cafetiere, French press or syringe; a diver; a piston; a reckless gambler; or, a rubber suction cup on a stick, for unblocking (7) |
| SCHULTZ | Justin ___ won two Cups on Pens' blueline |
| SAUCERS | Dishes to set cups on |
| TONI | Kukoc who won the 1996 NBA Sixth Man Award |
| LOMAS | Jonathan ___, English golfer who won the 1996 Chemapol Trophy Czech Open (5) |
| RIIS | Bjarne ___, cyclist who won the 1996 Tour de France (4) |
| ROBERT | Allenby, Australian golfer who won the 1996 English Open (6) |
| TOMLEHMAN | US golfer who won the 1996 Open Championship (3,6) |
| LEHMAN | Golfer Tom who won the 1996 British Open |
