| BEAUMONT | Bill ___, England 1980 Five Nations Championship-winning captain recently elected Chairman of World |
| ATHEY | Bill ___, England Test debutant at Lord's against Australia in 1980 (5) |
| WATSON | Dave ___, 1984-1988 England, 1980-1986 Norwich and 1986-2001 Everton defender (6) |
| MIAS | Lucien ?, France rugby union lock; 1959 Five Nations Championship-winning captain |
| ODRISCOLL | Brian -, centre; Ireland 2009 Six Nations Championship-winning captain (9) |
| BILLBEAUMONT | Former rugby player and A Question of Sport team captain who was chairman of World Rugby from 2016 to 2024 (4,8) |
| BAHADUR | Who is recently elected as the new president of Athletics Federation of India (AFI)? (7) |
| SINGH | Who is recently elected as the new president of Athletics Federation of India (AFI)? (5) |
| SCOTLAND | Last winners, in 1999, of the Five Nations Championship; 2004, 2007, 2012 and 2015 Six Nations wooden spoon recipients (8) |
| MOUNTKENYA | Africa's second-highest peak, which shares its name with one of the five countries recently elected to the U.N. Security Council; the other four are in the other theme entries |
| PEDROMARTINEZ | Dominican power pitcher recently elected to the Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| JUNCKER | Jean-Claude ___: recently elected next President of the European Commission. (7) |
| OTI | Chris ?, Wasps rugby union wing who scored a hat-trick for England against Ireland in the 1988 Five Nations Championship (3) |
| ITALY | National rugby union team; addition to the Five Nations Championship in 2000 |
| JUSTIN | Name of man recently elected (6) |
| MULLOOLY | Which former RTE News reporter was recently elected as an MEP? (8) |
| SLOVAKIA | European country whose most recently elected prime minister is Robert Fico (8) |
| AKABUSI | Kriss ---, member of the world-championship-winning men's 4x400m squad in 1991 |
| TITCOMB | Mike ......, youngest man to referee a rugby union international, Wales against Scotland in the 1966 Five Nations Championship (7) |
| TERMER | First-___ (recently elected politician) |
