| GOLDCOAST | Australian location of 2018 Commonwealth Games (4,5) |
| HOLLAND | Country location of 2018 Anglo Dutch Classic (7) |
| CHEPTEGEI | 2018 Commonwealth Games 5,000m and 10,000m, 2019, 2022 and 2023 World Championships 10,000m and 2020 Olympics 5,000m men's gold medallist (9) |
| FREMANTLE | Judge cycling to obscure Australian location |
| JAMES | _ Willstrop, squash player and 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist (5) |
| LAST | 2018 Commonwealth Games women's cross-country cycling gold medallist (4) |
| ANNIE | 2018 Commonwealth Games women's cross-country cycling gold medallist (5) |
| OBIRI | Hellen ..... , 2018 Commonwealth Games 5,000m gold medallist representing Kenya (5) |
| NYIKA | David -.., 2018 Commonwealth Games Heavyweight boxing gold medallist (5) |
| DORIS | Troy ..... , 2018 Commonwealth Games men's triple jump gold medallist (5) |
| JOSHUA | 2018 Commonwealth Games 5,000m and 10,000m, 2019, 2022 and 2023 World Championships 10,000m and 2020 Olympics 5,000m men's gold medallist (6) |
| MANYONGA | Luvo ........ , 2017 World Championships and 2018 Commonwealth Games men's long jump gold medallist representing South Africa (8) |
| AKANI | 2018 Commonwealth Games men's 100m gold medallist representing South Africa (5,7) |
| SIMBINE | 2018 Commonwealth Games men's 100m gold medallist representing South Africa (5,7) |
| WILSON | Artistic gymnast; 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games men's horizontal bar gold medallist (4,6) |
| NILE | Artistic gymnast; 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games men's horizontal bar gold medallist (4,6) |
| SCUDAMORE | Richard ___, executive chairman of the F.A. Premier League since 2014, due to step down by the end of 2018 |
| KATYPERRY | World's most-followed Twitter user, as of 2018 |
| STORMEMMA | Meteorological event which destroyed Holyhead Marina in the winter of 2018 |
| CAIRN | Man in Australian location sacrificing little son (5) |