| THEOAKS | Horse race for fillies held annually at Epsom since 1779 |
| OAKS | The _, a horse race for fillies held annually at Epsom (4) |
| KENTUCKYDERBY | A horse race for three-yearold thoroughbreds run annually since 1875 at Louisville, USA (8,5) |
| STLEGER | Annual horse race for three-year-old colts and fillies run at Doncaster since 1776; the oldest of Britain's five Classics (2,5) |
| CHACHACHA | Dance club held annually at first, three times |
| REGATTA | Rowing event such as the one held annually at Henley (7) |
| EBOR | A valuable handicap held annually at York in August (4) |
| METGALA | Star-studded event held annually at the Anna Wintour Costume Center in New York |
| MIDDLESEX | ......... Sevens, rugby union tournament held annually at Twickenham until 2011 (9) |
| CUP | 3200 metre thoroughbred horse race held annually at Flemington, the Melbourne ... |
| AUSTRALASIAN | Morphetteville Group One race for fillies won by Toffee Tongue in 2020, ... Oaks (12) |
| COACHELLA | California music festival held annually at the Empire Polo Club |
| CHASE | Queen Mother Champion _, race run annually at the Cheltenham Festival (5) |
| TATTOO | Military display featuring drums, such as that performed annually at Edinburgh Castle (6) |
| BET | Put $50 on the result of a horse race for example |
| THEDERBY | Annual horse race for three year-olds (3,5) |
| DERBY | Common name of flat race held annually on the Epsom Downs, won by Nijinsky in 1970, Shergar in 1981 |
| BRITTEN | Co-founder with Peter Pears of the Aldeburgh Festival hosted annually at Snape Maltings in Suffolk (7) |
| WILLEISNER | The Spirit cartoonist who lends his name to awards presented annually at the San Diego Comic-Con: 2 wds. |
| RIPON | Cathedral city in North Yorkshire whose racecourse hosted Britain's first horse race for female jock |
