| DETTORI | Which jockey won all seven of his races on September 28, 1996? (7) |
| PIGGOTT | Which jockey won the Epsom Derby a record nine times? (7) |
| MARX | All seven of his 1980s hits reached the Top 5 |
| ENTS | Creatures such as Treebeard and others of his race in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (4) |
| ASCOT | English racecourse at which jockey Frankie Dettori managed to win all seven races of a meeting |
| WENCESLAS | Patron saint of Bohemia whose feast day is September 28 (9) |
| ICONICIMAGE | September 28, 1972: Paul Henderson post-scoring-the-winning-goal with his arms raised in the air being embraced by teammate Yvan Cournoyer; the moment becomes an ___ ___ as it is captured by Star phot |
| SAMURAI | One of seven Japanese, or all seven of them (7) |
| ASLAN | Character who appears in all seven of CS. Lewis's The Chronicles of Namia (5) |
| HILARIA | Alec Baldwin's wife, mother of seven of his children (7) |
| FLYHALF | Player knowing only seven of his team-mates? (3,4) |
| ATHOLMULLEY | Jockey who won 15 consecutive races on Bernborough (5,6) |
| TETRISPIECES | Set of which all seven elements are fittingly hidden in solved puzzle grid |
| CONSOMME | Starter of third of races on river |
| OWNGOAL | Jockey won the Holy Grail? Unfortunately, it's to the opposition's advantage (3,4) |
| SCRIVEN | Renowned jockey won Brisbane premiership 2008-09 (7) |
| FILAMENT | Expression of regret after car races on the Strand (8) |
| RAFT | Quite a number of early races on foot |
| MOSES | He led his race, but fell in sight of the finish (5) |
| BINGO | The playing of all seven tiles in a single turn in Scrabble; an old name for brandy; the game housey-housey; or, by extension, a word used as an interjection of success/discovery (5) |
