| WATSON | Better known for his record playing for RR and CSK, this Australian captained RCB for three games in 2017, the only time Kohli didn't captain them since 2011 |
| CHINESE | Word linking chequers, puzzles or whispers for three games/pastimes (7) |
| WYATT | Who is traded off from UP to RCB for the WPL 2025 season? (5,5) |
| DANNI | Who is traded off from UP to RCB for the WPL 2025 season? (5,5) |
| ARCHER | Who ended up with the worst figures till date in IPL history in the match between RR and SRH held on March 23, 2025? (6) |
| JADHAV | Former India and CSK batsman signed on by SRH in 2021 |
| BRIANRIX | Actor-manager famed for his record-breaking sequence of long-running farces on the London stage |
| TOMDEMPSEY | Placekicker noted for his record 63-yard kick |
| KALLIS | South African all-rounder who is better known for his exploits for the Kolkata Knight Riders, he has scored the most runs for RCB after the trio of Kohli, Gayle, and de Villiers |
| PRASAD | RCB's first coach, he is better known for his dismissal of Aamir Sohail in the 1996 ODI World Cup |
| THRONES | Clive Russell played Billy Brodie in Cheshire-based TV drama, Hollyoaks; now, perhaps better known for his role as Brynden Tully in Game of ___ (7) |
| GRANTWOOD | "Arbor Day" painter whose name quite suits this puzzle (better known for his "American Gothic" painting) |
| ABELARD | Peter ___, 11th and 12th century French theologian probably better known for a celebrated love affair than for his influential philosophical ideas (7) |
| MICHAELPALIN | Comedian and writer now better known for his travel documentaries (7,5) |
| WHITMAN | He tended to hospital patients but is better known for his landmark poetry collection |
| RUBBER | A cabinetmaker's polishing pad; a stationery item for erasing pencillings; a coarse file; a match of three games in bridge or whist; or, caoutchouc (6) |
| TRADE | Independent record label founded by Geoff Travis in 1978, from his record shop in West London (5,5) |
| ROUGH | Independent record label founded by Geoff Travis in 1978, from his record shop in West London (5,5) |
| JADEJA | Spin bowling all-rounder who hit 37 runs in an over for CSK against RCB in the 2021 IPL |
| TRIPLECROWN | In rugby union, a victory by Scotland, England, Wales or Ireland in all three games against the others in the annual Six Nations Championship (6,5) |
