| KADI | Eddie _, comedian and part of the 2023 Strictly line-up (4) |
| DEAN | Tom _, Olympian who was first to leave this year's Strictly line-up (4) |
| SAMBA | Dance style Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell danced to Young Hearts Run Free in the 2023 Strictly final (5) |
| IZZARD | Eddie _, comedian and marathon runner (6) |
| ARSHDEEP | India limited-overs cricketer known for his death over bowling signed by Kent CCC for part of the 2023 season (8) |
| SINGH | India limited-overs cricketer known for his death over bowling signed by Kent CCC for part of the 2023 season (5) |
| OXON | Abbreviated name for the county containing the Vale of the White Horse and parts of the Chilterns with the snake's-head fritillary as its flower (4) |
| HEEL | Part of the foot and part of the elbow (4) |
| KENT | County whose ragstone was used to build the ancient walls of Londinium and parts of the Tower of London and Rochester Castle (4) |
| BACH | He wrote music for half the band and part of the orchestra (4) |
| PALM | Evergreen tree and part of the hand (4) |
| IRIS | Garden plant, and part of the eye (4) |
| DECO | Artistic style and part of the old economy (4) |
| CALF | Center of a Venn diagram of "Baby animals" and "Parts of the human body" |
| HAKE | A fish resembling cod, found in the eastern Atlantic and parts of the Mediterranean (4) |
| VITO | Professional dancer: 2023 Strictly Come Dancing winner with Ellie Leach (4,7) |
| ZARA | Ms McDermott, 2023 Strictly contestant (4) |
| ANNA | _ Kendrick, star of the 2023 crime thriller film Woman of the Hour (4) |
| CHEDDAR | Containing Britain's largest gorge and part of the Strawberry Line cycle route, village on the edge of the Somerset Levels where the cheese of the same name originates (7) |
| LYON | Nathan -, Australian bowler who missed much of the 2023 Ashes series through injury (4) |
