| ADAIR | Australia's first female world rowing champion, -- Ferguson (5) |
| HANNAH | And 22dn Scotland's first female world boxing champion, in June2019 (6,6) |
| BLED | Slovenian town that hosted the World Rowing Championships for the fourth time in 2011 |
| ALI | Laila ..., 2006-07 WBC female world super middleweight champion (3) |
| ELIZABETHBLACKBURN | Who is Australia's first female Nobel Laureate? (9,9) |
| WATT | Australia's first female Olympic cycling gold medallist (4) |
| BLACKBURN | Who is Australia's first female Nobel Laureate? (9) |
| JAMES | ___ Cracknell, rowing champion and Strictly competitor (pictured) (5) |
| TWIGG | Women's rowing champion (4,5) |
| DWYER | Australia's first Rugby World Cup-winning coach (5) |
| EDWIN | Australia's first Olympic Games champion, -- Flack (5) |
| LUKIN | Australia's first Olympic men's weightlifting champion (5) |
| EVANS | Australia's first Tour de France champion (5) |
| BARTY | Became Australia's first French Open tennis singles champion in 46 years with win over Czech Marketa Vondrousova in 2019 (5) |
| SCOTT | Australia's first winner of the US Masters; Adam ... (5) |
| USMAN | Australia's first Muslim Test cricketer, ... Khawaja (5) |
| COFFS | Australia's first 'big' tourist attraction was the Big Banana situated at ... Harbour, in northern N |
| EMMA | Women's rowing champion (4,5) |
| HEATHERSTANNING | Along with partner Helen Glover, a double Olympic rowing champion |
| HELENGLOVER | Olympic rowing champion partnered by Heather Stanning and Polly Swann |