| NGETICH | Agnes Jebet ___, 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships winner (7) |
| BAHRAIN | The country Kenyan-born long distance runner Ruth Jebet competes for. (7) |
| ZOLA | Budd, women's 1985 and 1986 World Cross Country Championship winner (4) |
| SOLBERG | Oliver ___, 2026 Monte Carlo Rally winner (7) |
| POPOVIC | 2026 World Cup-bound Socceroos' coach (7) |
| HOUSTON | City hosting the 2026 World Baseball Classic games. (7) |
| MASSARO | Laura ....... , 2017 British Open Squash Championships winner (7) |
| TIERNEY | Kieran ___, defender who scored Scotland's winning goal against Denmark to qualify for the 2026 World Cup (7) |
| ALMANAC | The Old Farmer's ___ 2026 Canadian Edition |
| HEIGHTS | "Wuthering ___" (2026 movie whose title is styled with quotation marks) |
| GRENADA | Anderson Peters, who beat Neeraj Chopra in the World Athletics Championships, belongs to this country. (7) |
| KHALIFA | Multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar, that hosted the 2019 World Athletics Championships (7) |
| CAUDERY | 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships women's pole vault gold medallist (5,7) |
| MELISSA | Who won three gold medals at the recent World Athletics Championships? (7) |
| JACKSON | Shericka, sprinter who won the women's 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships in 2023 (7) |
| WARHOLM | 2020 Olympics and 2017, 2019 and 2023 World Athletics Championships men's 400m hurdles gold medallist (7) |
| KARSTEN | 2020 Olympics and 2017, 2019 and 2023 World Athletics Championships men's 400m hurdles gold medallist (7) |
| SEVILLE | Oblique ___, Jamaican sprinter who won gold in the 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships in 2025 (7) |
| OCONNOR | Which Irish athlete won silver in the heptathlon at September's World Athletics Championships? (4,7) |
| GEBREMARIAM | Gebregziabher -, 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships senior men's event winner (11) |
