| BANNISTER | Roger ___, first man to run a sub-four minute mile (9) |
| AMUNDSEN | Roald _; first man to reach the South Pole (8) |
| WHYMPER | Edward ___, first man to climb Alpine mountain the Matterhorn (7) |
| EBERT | Roger ___, first film critic to win a Pulitzer for criticism |
| TANEY | Roger ___, first Catholic member of the U.S. Supreme Court |
| LANDY | John ___, Governor of Victoria, Australia, from 2001-06; second man to run a sub-four minute mile (5 |
| ROGERBANNISTER | First to run a sub-4 minute mile, in 1954 (5,9) |
| JAKOB | Track star Ingebrigtsen who, at age 16, became the youngest person in history to run a sub-four-minute mile |
| ARMSTRONG | Neil ___, first man on the Moon (9) |
| OXFORD | In which city did Roger Bannister run the first ever sub-four-minute mile? (6) |
| CHRISCHATAWAY | London-born athlete nicknamed 'The Red Fox' who helped Roger Bannister to the first sub-four minute mile in 1954 (5,8) |
| ROGER | The first man to run a mile in under four minutes (5,9) |
| DIANELEATHER | English athlete, first woman to run a sub-5-minute mile |
| FOUR | On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister became the first man to run the mile in less than this many minutes |
| SULPHURICACID | Corrosive fluid (H2SO4) (9,4) |
| ELIUDKIPCHOGE | First man to run the marathon distance in less than two hours |
| MORTIMER | Roger _, 1st Earl of March who deposed Edward II (8) |
| TENSING | Sherpa ___ : first man on Mount Everest? (7) |
| LEND | Escorted round Nemo's first sub (4) |
| TEMP | Piece of scrap metal raised from sub (4) |
