| WRAGG | Harry -, 1941 flat race champion jockey nicknamed The Head Waiter |
| HARRY | 1941 flat race champion jockey nicknamed The Head Waiter (5,5) |
| DONOGHUE | Steve ___, flat race champion jockey from 1914-23 (8) |
| CAUTHEN | Steve ___, 1987 flat race champion jockey (7) |
| FALLON | Kieren ___, 2003 flat race champion jockey (6) |
| PIGGOTT | Lester ?, 1964-71 flat race champion jockey |
| STEVEDONOGHUE | Flat-race champion jockey ten times, 1914-1923 |
| ARCHER | Fred ?, 1874-86 flat race champion jockey |
| SANDERS | Seb ....... , 2007 flat race champion jockey with Jamie Spencer (7) |
| DEE | Champion jockey nicknamed "Billy Idol" (3) |
| SHOEMAKER | Willie ___, US jockey nicknamed The Shoe who died in 2003 (9) |
| RH | Celebrated jockey nicknamed 'The Professor', initials (2) |
| HIGGINS | Dual Melbourne Cup-winning jockey nicknamed "The Professor" (7) |
| WRITHE | Seem pained when the head waiter takes their order |
| WRETCH | Poor thing to make you throw up behind the head waiter (6) |
| WANED | The head waiter joined Mr Kelly and drew to a close |
| WAVE | Beckon the head waiter very early |
| MAITRED | ...mother is blushing after swallowing it - get the head waiter! |
| MARIANNE | ____ Vos, Dutch multi-discipline cyclist who is a three-times world road race champion (8) |
| TACET | In a series of races champion has no part to play |
