| BUBKA | Sergey ....., Russian athlete who won six World Championships titles (5) |
| DAVIS | English snooker player who won six World Championship titles during the 1980s (5,5) |
| STEVE | English snooker player who won six World Championship titles during the 1980s (5,5) |
| STEVEDAVIS | English snooker player who won six World Championship titles during the 1980s (5,5) |
| LEBEDEVA | Tatyana ___, Russian athlete who won World Championship gold medals for both the long jump and the triple jump (8) |
| TATYANALEBEDEVA | Russian athlete who won silver medals in both the long jump and triple jump at the 2008 Olympics |
| XENON | Some Russian athletes were accused of using which gas to improve their performances in the Sochi Winter Olympics? (5) |
| SHARIKOV | Sergey ********, Russian fencer born in 1974 who won two gold medals (8) |
| LAVROV | Sergey, Russian foreign minister appointed in 2004 (6) |
| RACHMANINOV | Sergey -, Russian composer |
| ROC | Under which name did Russian athletes compete at the recent Tokyo Olympics? (1,1,1) |
| ERIKA | ..... Hess, female Swiss skier who won six world champs gold medals (5) |
| REARDON | Ray - - -, Welsh snooker player who won six World Championships in the 1970s (7) |
| RAYREARDON | Welsh snooker player who won six World Championships (3,7) |
| ORTON | Professional wrestler Randy with 14 world championship titles |
| OWENS | Jesse _; Olympian who broke or equalled six world records in 45 minutes (5) |
| SEVEN | Number of Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles won by Lewis Hamilton (5) |
| REDMAN | British-born racer who won six world titles within four years, riding under a Rhodesian flag. (6) |
| ADAMS | Former England cricketer who captained Sussex to the 2003, 2006 and 2007 County Championship titles (5,5) |
| CHRIS | Former England cricketer who captained Sussex to the 2003, 2006 and 2007 County Championship titles (5,5) |