| ATHEY | Bill ___, England batsman who made his debut in the Centenary Test at Lord's in 1980 |
| ANDREWSTRAUSS | Captain of England in 2009 when they won their first Ashes Test at Lords since 1934 |
| BEAUMONT | Bill ___, England 1980 Five Nations Championship-winning captain recently elected Chairman of World |
| IANBELL | Former England batsman who made his Test debut against the West Indies in 2004 |
| HERCULEPOIROT | Detective who made his debut in The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920, and exited in Curtain, in 1975 (7,6) |
| JOEDENLY | England batsman who made his first ODI appearance in ten years against Ireland in May (3,5) |
| TWOSE | Roger, New Zealand Test batsman who made his debut in October 1995 against India (5) |
| POPE | Nick ___, Burnley FC goalkeeper who made his debut in the England national team in 2018 (4) |
| NICHOLSON | Jack, US actor who made his debut in The Cry Baby Killer in 1958 (9) |
| YOSHI | Dinosaur-like character who made his debut in the video game Super Mario World in 1990 |
| ALDERMAN | Terry ___, Australian bowler who took 42 Test wickets, including nine on his debut, in the Ashes series in England in 1981 |
| MARCUSTRESCOTHICK | Left-handed opening batsman who made his first-class debut for Somerset in 1993 and represented England in 76 Test matches |
| RORY | ____ Burns, left-handed opening batsman who made his Test debut for England in 2018 (4) |
| JAMIESMITH | Surrey wicketkeeper/batsman who made his England Test debut in 2024 (5,5) |
| RODIN | Celebrated at a current exhibition at the Grand Palais marking the centenary of his death, the founding father of modern sculpture whose works include The Burghers of Calais and The Thinker (5) |
| YOSEMITESAM | Character who made his debut in the 1945 cartoon "Hare Trigger" |
| SPIDERMAN | He made his debut in the Marvel comic "Amazing Fantasy No. 15" |
| STUART | ___ Broad, English rightarm seam bowler and leftarm batsman who made his Test debut in 2007 (6) |
| SIBLEY | Dom, English right-handed opening batsman who made his debut for England in 2019 (6) |
| JOEBURNS | Qld and Test batsman who made his debut for Italy in 2024 (3,5) |