| STLEGER | Oldest of the classic horse races (2,5) |
| OAKS | The .... , Classic horse race for fillies won in 2022 by Ryan Moore mount Tuesday (4) |
| THEOAKS | Second-oldest of the five English Classic horse races after the St Leger, run at Epsom Downs since 1779 (3,4) |
| LEGER | The St ___, oldest of Britain's five classic horse races (5) |
| ANDREWS | Julie _, star of the classic musical film The Sound of Music (7) |
| SHEAHAN | Who is the last surviving member of the classic Dubliners line-up? (7) |
| MENOTTI | Gian Carlo ___, composer of the classic Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors |
| HERN | Dick ...., trainer of 16 English Classic horse races (4) |
| SIMENON | Belgian creator of the classic detective character, Commissaire Maigret |
| ASTAIRE | Dancer of the Classic Hollywood age, Fred - (7) |
| PEGASUS | Fancied horse in one of the Classics (7) |
| CARRYON | Opening track of the classic 1970 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album Deja Vu |
| TOLSTOY | Writer of the classics Anna Karenina, Leo ___, and War and Peace (7) |
| ELZEVIR | Which family founded a 17th century Dutch printing firm at Leyden, successfully establishing a reputation for their small editions of the classics? (7) |
| DERBY | Classic horse-race (5) |
| THEDERBY | English classic horse race (3,5) |
| SAINTLEGER | Classic horse race |
| HARDY | Author of the classic The Return of the Native, Thomas _(5) |
| JOHNNYHART | Creator of the classic comic strip whose title is the initials of the *clue answers |
| GALLOP | The four classic horse gaits: walk, trot, canter & ___. (6) |
