| DECLARED | Announced, ... his intentions |
| RIOFERDINAND | Former footballer who recently announced his intention to become a professional boxer |
| KANYEWEST | Rapper who recently announced his intention to run for US president (5,4) |
| BENSAVAGE | Former "Boy Meets World" child star who announced his intention last week to run for Adam Schiff's seat in Congress |
| HAERET | He is stuck, in trouble, or holding fast to his intention |
| STEPHENKING | Novelist who in 1999 was hit by a van in Maine and in 2002 announced his retirement; he published his his next novel a year later, and has added 25 since |
| JCWATTS | He recently announced his possible retirement |
| ELI | Manning who announced his retirement in 2020 |
| DAN | Grid great Marino, who has announced his retirement |
| NETANYAHU | He announced his candidacy for prime minister of Israel |
| BARKLEY | Hoops great Charles, who has announced his retirement |
| LEON | Musician Redbone who announced his retirement in May 2015 |
| OBAMA | Barack, Junior Senator for Illinois who announced his candidature for the 2008 US presidential election in February (5) |
| KIT | "Game of Thrones" star Harington who recently announced his engagement to costar Rose Leslie |
| JONAS | Singer Joe who recently announced his engagement to actress Sophie Turner |
| MARJANSAREC | Prime minister of Slovenia who announced his resignation on January 27, 2020 (6,5) |
| ANDREWSTRAUSS | Former England cricket captain who announced his retirement from cricket in 2012 after 100 Test appearances |
| SHINZOABE | Prime Minister of Japan who announced his resignation in August (6,3) |
| IANBELL | England 2005 Ashes series batsman who announced his retirement in 2020 (3,4) |
| YELTSIN | Which Russian leader (Boris ___) announced his retirement on New Year's Eve, 1999? (7) |
