| ANDRETTI | Mario ___, Italian-American racing driver who won the 1978 Formula One World Championship |
| MARIOANDRETTI | Racing driver who won the 1978 Formula One World Championship (5,8) |
| MARIO | And 26 Across Italian-American racing driver who won the Formula One world championship in 1978 (5,8) |
| CAPRA | Frank _, Italian-American film-maker who won three Best Director Oscars in the 1930s (5) |
| FERMI | Enrico ___ , Italian-American physicist, creator of the first nuclear reactor, d. 1954 (5) |
| BEPPO | Buca di ___ (Italian American restaurant chain) |
| CHEEVER | Eddie ___, American racing driver who won the 1998 Indianapolis 500 as both owner and driver (7) |
| AOKI | Isao ___, Japanese golfer who won the 1978 World Match Play Championship (4) |
| IRIS | ____ Murdoch, writer who won the 1978 Booker Prize for The Sea, The Sea (4) |
| ARDILES | Former Tottenham Hotspur player and manager who won the 1978 FIFA World Cup with Argentina (7,7) |
| OSVALDO | Former Tottenham Hotspur player and manager who won the 1978 FIFA World Cup with Argentina (7,7) |
| OSSIE | ___ Ardiles, Tottenham Hotspur midfielder who won the 1978 FIFA World Cup with Argentina |
| ASCARI | Alberto ---, Italian racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 1952 and 1953 (6) |
| NOEL | .... Ratcliffe, Australian golfer who won the 1978 Belgian Open (4) |
| HINAULT | Bernard, cyclist who won the 1978 Tour de France (7) |
| MANSELL | Nigel ___, British racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 1992 (7) |
| NIGEL | --- Mansell, British racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 1992 (5) |
| AYRTONSENNA | Brazilian motor-racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 1988, 1990 and 1991 (6,5) |
| BRABHAM | Jack ___, Australian motor- racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 1959, 1960 and 1966 (7) |
| JACKIESTEWART | Scottish motor-racing driver who won the Formula One world championship in 1969, 1971 and 1973 (6,7) |
