| NAMATH | Joe, American Football player who led the New York Jets to victory in the 1969 Super Bowl (6) |
| CYCLONETAYLOR | Player who led the Vancouver Millionaires to the Stanley cup in 1915 |
| MELOTT | He led the New York Giants in home runs for 18 consecutive years |
| TOM | ___ Brady American football quarterback who led the New England Patriots to a great comeback victory against the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI |
| ZUBINMEHTA | Indian-born conductor who led the New York Philharmonic from 1978 to 1991: 2 wds. |
| HARDISTY | Alan ___, rugby league player who captained Castleford to victory in the 1969 and 1970 Challenge Cup |
| PAPP | Joe, American stage director and producer who died in 1991 (4) |
| JANNIK | Tennis player who led Italy to victory at the 2023 Davis Cup, _ Sinner (6) |
| FLORES | Tom ___ American former football player who won the Super Bowl as a player assistant coach and head coach |
| TITANS | New York ___ NFL team that was rebranded as the New York Jets in 1963 |
| ALTOON | Three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver in the New York Jets Ring of Honor |
| NEWMAN | Paul, actor who partnered Robert Redford in the 1969 western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (6) |
| GOLDIE | - Hawn, American actress who won an Academy Award for her performance in the 1969 film Cactus Flower (6) |
| COWARD | English dramatist and composer who played crime boss Mr. Bridger in the 1969 film The Italian Job (6) |
| ROCKNE | Knute, American Football player portrayed by Pat O'Brien in a 1940 biopic directed by Lloyd Bacon (6 |
| PUNTER | Football player who kicks the ball downfield to the opposing team |
| ROONEY | Surname of a US actor and an English football player who has turned to management (6) |
| LLORIS | Hugo, France's most-capped men's football player who captained the 2018 World Cup-winning team (6) |
| ANGLOS | The Jets, to the Sharks |
| TRAVIS | ____ Kelce, U.S. football player who is the partner of Taylor Swift (6) |
