| BRANDI | Chastain of soccer who famously celebrated a World Cup win by removing her jersey |
| MARDIGRAS | The festival of Shrove Tuesday, famously celebrated with a carnival in Rio de Janeiro (5,4) |
| THREE | A tighthead prop in rugby union wears this number on his or her jersey (5) |
| JASONMCATEER | Soccer: who scored the goal in Ireland's famous 1-0 win over the Netherlands in 2001? (5,7) |
| CLARKE | Michael ___, cricketer who captained Australia to a World Cup win in 2015 (6) |
| BIRTHRATE | Statistic that may go up nine months after a World Cup win |
| CUBIC | Solid like a chubby child after removing her |
| HEADBANGER | Fanatical person removing her bandage (10) |
| KATE | Actress Chastain of Below Deck who was on The Traitors |
| GEMMILL | Archie ?, Scotland midfielder who scored twice in a 1978 FIFA World Cup win over the Netherlands |
| APLON | Gio ___, South Africa winger who scored two tries in a 87-0 2011 Rugby World Cup win over Namibia (5 |
| JUNIOR | Brazil defender who hit the fifth goal in the 2002 FIFA World Cup win over Costa Rica (6) |
| CAVANI | Edinson -, Uruguay striker who scored both goals in the FIFA World Cup win over Portugal (6) |
| DEBEER | Jannie ?, South Africa fly-half who scored 34 points in their 1999 Rugby World Cup win over England |
| PIENAAR | Francois, South African rugby player who captained his country in their 1995 World Cup win (7) |
| RUSOL | Andriy ..... , Ukraine defender who hit the opener in their 4-0 2006 FIFA World Cup win over Saudi Arabia (5) |
| HABANA | Bryan ?, South Africa winger who scored four tries in the 59-7 2007 Rugby World Cup win over Samoa (6) |
| LEWSEY | Josh ?, England wing and centre who scored five tries in the 111-13 2003 Rugby World Cup win over Uruguay |
| WOAKES | England seamer and all-rounder playing for Delhi since 2020, he played a key role in England's 2019 ODI World Cup win |
| SHAKIB | Bangladesh cricketer who made an unbeaten 124 in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup win over West Indies in Taunton (6) |
