| CONROY | 6 x World Champ gold medallist and coach (*so country) (3,6) |
| STU | 6 x World Champ gold medallist and coach (*so country) (3,6) |
| HUGHES | Rob_, 3 x World Champ and Hall of Fame inductee (6) |
| BUSBAR | Coach then court conductor |
| ERIKA | ..... Hess, female Swiss skier who won six world champs gold medals (5) |
| TEEM | Rain heavily, so country event is put back |
| LAGOS | So country girl goes the wrong way in Nigeria (5) |
| ASIA | 50-or-so-country group |
| MATTWELSH | Triple 2000 Olympic backstroke medallist and Bert Newton's son-in-law (4,5) |
| TWENTYONE | As many as six x-ray screens "jumping" (6-3) |
| PISANELLO | Name by which the Italian master painter, medallist and frescoist who created Madonna of the Quail, |
| BILLYLANE | 1950s multi-national champ, English world champ 1963 (5,4) |
| SLUTSKAYA | Irina, '02 and '05 figure skating World champ |
| PANGHAL | Boxer Amit .... , Asian gold medallist and World Championships silver medallist. (7) |
| CHARLOTTE | Her first International was 2018 World Champs Poland (9,4) |
| MICKVIALS | Captained Feeder Team England in World Champs, Serbia 2023 (*lacks vim!) (4,5) |
| MURRAY | Winning his second Wimbledon title in 2016, a twice Olympic gold medallist and US Open champion in 2012 (6) |
| DEYNA | Kazimierz ..... , Poland midfielder at Manchester City from 1978-81; 1972 Olympics gold medallist and top scorer (5) |
| QUEK | Sam ?, 2016 Olympic women's hockey gold medallist and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! contestant |
| MALCOLMBLIGHT | North's 1978 Brownlow medallist and 1981 player-coach (7,6) |
