| AMERICAIN | French-trained racehorse who won 2010 Melbourne Cup from Maluckyday and So You Think (9) |
| ARAZI | French-trained winner of the 1991 Breeders Cup Juvenile (5) |
| BALL | Former St Kilda captain won 2010 AFL premiership medal with Collingwood (4) |
| MOONLIGHT | Disarming "Molo!" thing ... and then you have an extra job! (9) |
| AUSTRALIA | First country to snatch the America's Cup from the US |
| NETASSETS | All one has: cup from Paris caught in fishing tackle (3,6) |
| NORTHERLY | Winner of the 2002 Caulfield cup from the upper point |
| FULLER | Creator of Pop Idol and So You Think You Can Dance, Simon ... (6) |
| ABDUL | Singer and So You Think You Can Dance judge, Paula ___ (5) |
| PAULAABDUL | American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance Australia judge (5,5) |
| SIWA | YouTuber and "So You Think You Can Dance" judge JoJo |
| AARONCASH | So You Think You Can Dance judge (5,4) |
| DESERTORCHID | Racehorse who won the King George VI Chase four times and the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1989 (6,6) |
| GENEROUS | Racehorse who won both the Epsom and the Irish Derby in 1991 |
| MYSTICJOURNEY | Tasmanian racehorse who won Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington in 2019 (6,7) |
| MEDINA | Racehorse who won the annual Kentucky Derby on 1 May 2021, ridden by jockey John Velazquez (6,6) |
| SPIRIT | Racehorse who won the annual Kentucky Derby on 1 May 2021, ridden by jockey John Velazquez (6,6) |
| IGNORE | "First they ___ you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win": Mahatma Gandhi (6) |
| NOTSO | "And then you call me and it's ___ bad" (Dido line) |
| THEHILL | Rupert Brooke poem ending And then you suddenly cried, and turned away (3,4) |
