| EMMS | Gail -, badminton player; 2006 IBF World Championships mixed doubles gold medallist with Nathan Robertson (4) |
| SAINA | Badminton player's name that's an anagram of a Tennis player's name |
| MARIN | Badminton player Carolina Maria ... Martin. (5) |
| SEN | Lakshya __, Indian badminton player |
| NISHIMOTO | Japanese badminton player Kenta ... (9) |
| RACKETEER | Fraudster - squash or badminton player, arguably? (9) |
| GAIL | Badminton player who, with Nathan Robertson, won the 2006 IBF World Championships mixed doubles gold |
| DEREK | English badminton player who won the 1972 Canadian Open men's singles title (5,6) |
| TALBOT | Derek ___, English badminton player; 1972 Canadian Open singles title winner (6) |
| ARBI | Hariyanto ?, Indonesian badminton player; 1995 IBF World Championship men's singles winner (4) |
| HITUPON | Discovered by accident - like a badminton player when the shuttlecock is stuck on a rafter (3,4) |
| SINDHU | PV ___, Indian badminton player, considered one of India's most successful sportspersons |
| PRAKASH | ____ Padukone, former Indian badminton player and father of Deepika Padukone |
| THAILAND | Badminton player Kunlavut Vitidsarn is from this country. (8) |
| RAJAWAT | Priyanshu ..., the Indian badminton player who won the Orleans Masters recently, beating Magnus Johannesen of Denmark. (7) |
| ZHANG | Beiwen ..., the Chinese-born American badminton player. (5) |
| CHINESE | Nationality of former badminton player Lin Dan (7) |
| UNNATI | Identify this up-and-coming Indian badminton player who reached the women's singles semifinals of the Taipei Open in May 2025 (6) |
| LAKSHYA | Which Indian badminton player lost in the final of the prestigious Hong Kong Open held in September 2025? (7) |
| YANGYANG | Chinese badminton player; 1987 and 1989 BWF World Championships men's singles title winner (4,4) |
