Answer:

champion

Answer	Crossword Clue
CHAMPION	Gene Autry's horse
CHAMPION	Victor
CHAMPION	Top man in sports.

CHAMPION	Dancer Gower.
CHAMPION	Marge or Gower
CHAMPION	Promote, as a cause
CHAMPION	Steed that Autry rode
CHAMPION	Autry's horse

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.