| SHANEWARNE | Australian leg-spinner who dismissed Mike Gatting with the "ball of the century" in the 1993 Old Trafford Test |
| REALMADRID | Spanish professional football club which was recognised as the FIFA Club of the century in the year 2000: 2 wds. |
| PIROUETTE | Body spin in dancing on the toes or the ball of the foot (9) |
| FAWAD | Pakistan-born Australian leg spinner, ... Ahmed (5) |
| WARNE | Shane, former Australian leg spinner (5) |
| TAKINGTIMEOFF | Mike Gatting mostly bats elsewhere when not working (6,4,3) |
| CHAHAL | Indian Premier League leg-spinner who holds the record for most wickets, with 206 in 164 matches.(Last Name) (6) |
| GATTING | English victim of Shane Warne's "Ball of the Century" (7) |
| KUHNEMANN | Qld leg-spinner who made his Test debut in 2023, Matthew ... (9) |
| COCKEYE | The socket in the ball of a millstone makes you squint (7) |
| CAT | Why did the kitten's mom yell at him when he stole the ball of yarn? Because she didn't want him to grow up to be a ___ burglar |
| ARTHURCONANDOYLE | Detective fiction writer who dismissed W G Grace with his only first-class wicket |
| GANNON | US international who dismissed 'Smithy' for a rare duck in first class cricket. (6) |
| EXPLOSIVE | Gunpowder, in use by the 9th century in China and the 13th century in the West, was the first known |
| CHESSBOARD | The "windmill" tactic can be devastating here; 13-year-old Bobby Fischer used it to win the so-called Game of the Century in 1956 |
| MARLONBRANDO | One of only three professional actors named by Time magazine as one of its 100 Persons of the Century in 1999 |
| SIENA | This Italian city was originally an Etruscan settlement that grew to become ancient Roman city. Its cathedral was begun in the 12th century in the Romanesque style but transformed in the 13th century |
| MCCULLUM | Current coach of the KKR, his century in the first ever IPL match set the tone for the event. It also remains KKR's only century to date. |
| SWING | The compass or sweep of a golf club, pendulum, trapeze or of one of the balls of a Newton's cradle (5) |
| PATIDAR | RCB batter who scored an unbeaten 112 off 54 balls in the IPL 2022 Eliminator, becoming the first uncapped player to hit a century in the playoffs.(Last Name) (7) |
