| ZORRO | The masked Don Diego de la Vega, champion of the people |
| ZEE | Don Diego de la Vega's trademark |
| TRIUNE | Champion of the people ignoring principle of "Blessed Trinity" |
| DIEGO | Don ___ de la Vega, a k a Zorro |
| FOLKHERO | A champion of the people like Robin Hood (4,4) |
| TRIBUNE | Champion of the people (7) |
| DANNY | He was the champion of the world in the Roald Dahl story for children |
| DAHL | Author of "Danny, the Champion of the World" |
| RAISINS | Items fed to the pheasants in Roald Dahl's Danny, the Champion of the World (7) |
| CLASSIC | Fall ___ another name for the annual MLB World Series played betwen the champions of the American League and the National League |
| RINGMASTER | Organises the circus around clowns with heavyweight champion of the world (10) |
| ROALD | "Danny, the Champion of the World" author Dahl |
| GOODALL | Champion of the chimpanzee, her forty-five year study of primates redefined 'being human'; Jane ... |
| GIVETHEGAMEAWAY | Divulge what they do in 'Danny, the Champion of the World' (4,3,4,4) |
| HEAT | Team that's the 2022 champion of the NBA's Southeast Division |
| USYK | Boxing: who is the new undisputed heavyweight champion of the world? (4) |
| DEZA | Diego de, theologian and inquisitor of Spain (4) |
| BERNARDHINAULT | Five-time French champion of the Tour de France who most recently won in 1985: 2 wds. |
| MIGUELINDURAIN | Five-time Spanish champion of the Tour de France who most recently won in 1995: 2 wds. |
| LANCEARMSTRONG | Seven-time American champion of the Tour de France who most recently won in 2005 ... but whose title |
