| STEVE | All Blacks head coach who stepped down after the 2019 Rugby World Cup (5,6) |
| HANSEN | All Blacks head coach who stepped down after the 2019 Rugby World Cup (5,6) |
| CLEFT | Stepped down after Conservative split (5) |
| DUNGY | *First black head coach to win Super Bowl |
| ELI | Manning who retired from the NFL after the 2019 season |
| NED | Royals manager Yost who retired after the 2019 season |
| BRIGITTEBIERLEIN | Austria's first female chancellor, appointed on an interim basis after the 2019 Ibiza-gate scandal |
| RICHARDTICE | Chairman of Reform UK who stepped down as party leader after Nigel Farage decided to stand in the 2024 General Election (7,4) |
| DUANEVERMEULEN | Player of the match in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final |
| POLLARD | South Africa and Leicester Tigers fly-half who kicked 22 points in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final against England (6,7) |
| HANDRE | South Africa and Leicester Tigers fly-half who kicked 22 points in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final against England (6,7) |
| ROMANIA | European nation excluded from the 2019 Rugby World Cup (7) |
| SINCKLER | Kyle ......., Toulon, 2011-20 Harlequins aid 2020-24 Bristol Bears prop; England try scorer in the 2019 Rugby World Cup grader-final win over Australia (8) |
| RUBENAMORIM | Head coach who has left Sporting CP to take over at Manchester United (5,6) |
| BECKYHAMMON | Head coach who won back-to-back WNBA titles in 2022 and 2023 with Las Vegas: 2 wds. |
| CHERYLREEVE | Head coach who won four WNBA titles between 2011 and 2017 with Minnesota: 2 wds. |
| NISSANSTADIUM | Venue in Yokohama Japan where the final match of 2019 Rugby World Cup will be held: 2 wds. |
| RUSSIA | Nation that lost all four matches in 2019 Rugby World Cup Pool A (6) |
| DUANE | 2019 Rugby World Cup final man of the match, ... Vermeulen (5) |
| SIMONRAIWALUI | Head coach who steered Fiji into the knockout stage of the World Cup for the first time since 2007 (5,8) |
