| PANDEY | Devdutt Padikkal was only the second person outside of the trio of Kohli, Gayle, and de Villiers to hit a century for RCB. Who was the first, who now plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad? |
| 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 |
| JUSTINBIEBER | US singer who in 2017 became only the second person to reach 100 million followers on Twitter after Katy Perry (6,6) |
| VANESSA | One of the trio of vets in Emmerdale (7,9) |
| THREEGRACES | Nickname of the trio of Mk2 Fords released in 1956 (5,6) |
| BLAKENEY | Gayle and Gillian _, actresses who played Neighbours twins Christina and Caroline (8) |
| WOMBAT | 80s Australian children's TV series with Gayle and Gillian Blakeney (6) |
| STOOGE | Any one of the trio, Moe, Curly and Larry, who made up the vaudeville and comedy act of the mid 20th |
| HERBIEHANCOCK | American keyboardist whose album River: The Joni Letters won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album ever to win the award |
| BETTYCROCKER | Which woman, one of the best-known cooks in the US, was only the invention of a flour company? (5,7) |
| GOODIES | The -; comedy series written by and starring the trio of the same name comprising Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden (7) |
| MAHERSHALAALI | First black actor to win two Oscars in the same category and only the second to win two competitive Oscars: 2 wds. |
| ALBERTMVUMBI | First African and first person outside Europe and the Americas to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, _ _ Luthuli (6,6) |
| WAQAR | Wanindu became only the second player to register three consecutive 5-wicket hauls in ODIS. The first to do so was ..., 33 years ago. (5) |
| PLANE | "The crash was only the beginning" warned-the tagline (5) |
| GUERROUJ | Who became only the second man in Olympics history to win both 1,500 and 5,000 metres gold medals at the same Olympics? (8) |
| PLOT | The storyline of a film, novel or play that "thickens", according to George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham in The Rehearsal (4) |
| ROSSI | His first world title was won in 1997, but that was only the beginning. (5) |
| RYAN | ... Burl, the Zimbabwe batter who almost equalled AB de Villiers' record for fastest ODI fifty recently. (4) |
| ZHAO | Who recently became only the second woman to win the Oscar for Best Director? (4) |
