| ABLETT | Dual Brownlow medallist who is preparing for his 19th season of AFL in 2020 (6) |
| CARMELOANTHONY | Power forward who played his 19th season for the Los Angeles Lakers in 2021-2022: 2 wds. |
| RIEWOLDT | Gold Coast product who bowed out of AFL in 2017 after decorated 336-game career that included All-Australian captaincy and 718 goals (8) |
| ANGELA | - - - Ruggiero, USA Olympic ice hockey gold medallist who is on World Rugby's Executive Committee (6) |
| NEUROSIS | Nothing nurse is preparing for mental illness (8) |
| GOODES | Sydney Swans' dual Brownlow medallist (6) |
| BOLT | Usain -; an eight-time Olympic gold medallist who is the world's fastest human (4) |
| ADAMGOODES | Swans' dual Brownlow medallist (4,6) |
| GA | Dual Brownlow medallist 2009, '13, initials (2) |
| BRIAN | Current Manchester City assistant coach who scored on his 19th birthday in Manchester United's 1968 European Cup Final victory over Benfica (5,4) |
| KIDD | Current Manchester City assistant coach who scored on his 19th birthday in Manchester United's 1968 European Cup Final victory over Benfica (5,4) |
| MEDAL | American swimmer Michael Phelps won his 19th at the Olympics on July 31, 2012 |
| WATSON | Essendon's ill-fated 2012 AFL Brownlow medallist (6) |
| VIANDS | After five, Dan is preparing food (6) |
| BRUISE | Is preparing to speak out, causing hurt (6) |
| CRABBE | Buster -, 1932 Olympic 400m freestyle swimming gold medallist who later acted on screen as Tarzan, Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers (6) |
| BARTEL | Geelong's 2007 AFL Brownlow Medal winner (6) |
| STYNES | Melbourne's 1991 AFL Brownlow Medal winner (6) |
| MATERA | West Coast's 1994 and 1997 Brownlow runner-up, Peter ... (6) |
| COONEY | Western Bulldogs' 2008 Brownlow Medal winner (6) |
