| ERNIEELS | He topped the 2003 and 2004 European Tour Order of Merits (5,3) |
| PORTO | 1987 and 2004 European Cup/ Champions League Final winners (5) |
| SLALOM | Croatia's Janica Kostelic was the 2003 and 2005 world champion in this type of ski race |
| EARNS | Listeners take note initially of merits (5) |
| STARR | He topped the '73 charts with his "Photograph" |
| OMI | He topped the chart with Cheerleader (3) |
| GREECE | Country that won the 2004 European football Championships (6) |
| LEEWESTWOOD | British golfer who won the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit and the 2009 and 2020 Race to Dubai |
| MONTGOMERIE | Colin ___, Scottish golfer who has won a record eight European Tour Order of Merit titles |
| COLIN | .-.. Montgomerie. Scottish golfer who has won a record eight European Tour Order of Merit titles (5) |
| LAURA | Golfer Davies, seven-time Ladies European Tour Order of Merit awardee |
| ALLEN | Din from landline confuses 2016 Ladies' European Tour Order of Merit winner (5) |
| DALEREID | Scottish golfer who topped the Order of Merit on the Ladies European Tour in 1984 and 1987 |
| KILLBILL | Quentin Tarantino film starring Uma Thurman released in two parts in 2003 and 2004 (4,4) |
| EBIHARA | Japanese golfer who won European Senior Tour Order of Merit in 2002 (7) |
| TOMLEWIS | European Tour's Rookie of the Year for 2011 (3,5) |
| FLORENCE | British hospital reformer who was the first woman to be awarded the Order of Merit (8,11) |
| TOMHANKS | Oscar-winner shows appreciation collecting Order of Merit (3,5) |
| JAMES | Depicted in a portrait by John Singer Sargent, a novelist awarded the Order of Merit in 1916 who wrote The Portrait of a Lady and The Wings of the Dove (5) |
| ASH | He topped Empire's list of The 100 Best Horror Movie Characters (3) |
