| LOMBARDI | Lella, racing driver who is the only woman to score points in Formula One (8) |
| FRANCO | Argentine racing driver who is a reserve driver in Formula One for Alpine, _ Colapinto (6) |
| TIFFNEEDELL | British racing driver who is a former co-presenter of Top Gear |
| MELD | Combine a number of cards that score points in canasta (4) |
| PEG | Score points in cribbage |
| ELLEN | Former Lioness who was the the first woman to score a goal at Soccer Aid, _ White (5) |
| DOTTIN | Identify this West Indian cricketer who became the first woman to score a century in T20 Internationals (6) |
| SMRITI | First Indian woman to score a century in a pink ball Test. (6) |
| SCRABBLE | Popular board game in which players construct words to score points |
| TOPMARKS | In explanation of the best score, points to the head (3,5) |
| DROPGOAL | Become less ambitious in exploit to score points? |
| ANDRETTI | Mario ___, one of only two drivers to win races in Formula One, IndyCar, World Sportscar Championship and NASCAR |
| CREOSOTE | Preserve deal, say, in order to score point |
| STEVIE | Singer Nicks who is the only woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice |
| HAMILTON | Lewis ___ British driver who drives for Mercedes-AMG Petronas in Formula 1 |
| PA | Who is the only woman to have been a Republican candidate for US vice president? (5) |
| DANICA | Patrick who is the only woman to have won an IndyCar race |
| MARIECURIE | The first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and the only woman to have won it twice (for Physics in 1903 and Chemistry in 1911) (5,5) |
| WILLIAMS | British team which has been in Formula 1 since 1977, winning seven drivers' championships (8) |
| PATRICK | Danica ____ is the only woman to win an IndyCar series race |
