| Tennis champion Martina |
| Midwest university with 23 team wrestling championships |
| Five-time world champion figure skater Carol |
| Boxing champion Laila |
| Infamous "Jeopardy!" champion Arthur |
| American world heavyweight champion boxer (and grill promoter), b. 1949 |
| One-time tennis champion. |
| Four-time Indianapolis 500 champion |
| Cockney's assistant |
| Seven-time American champion of the Tour de France who most recently won in 2005 ... but whose titles were revoked: 2 wds. |
| Former world heavyweight boxing champion who endorsed a line in Russell Hobbs grills |
| Chess champion Capablanca |
| Skater Ohno who was once also a state swimming champion |
| American-born chess master who was the World Champion from 1972 to 1975: 2 wds. |
| He defeated Connors for the 1975 Wimbledon championship |
| A.L. home-run champion: 1984 |
| Cockney's idol |
| Cockney's headgear |
| A Wimbledon champion: 1981 |
| Champion's boast |
| Politician who championed Scandinavian social welfare |
| Cockney's receding problem? |
| Cockney's "Stop! |
| Cockney's pelt |
| Broadway dancer/choreographer Champion |
| Cockney's aides |
| Cockney's "___ a mo' |
| Cockney's challenge |
| Gymnopédies" composer Satie (or "Jeopardy!" and crossword champion Agard) |
| We ___ the Champions" (Queen tune) |