| MADDINSON | Ex-NSW opener, at the Melbourne Stars from 2018, Nic ... (9) |
| LEDGER | Pew-opener at the side of the road on the right (6) |
| HUNK | Eye-opener at the gym |
| AVENDANO | Ex-Sydney Sixers and Melbourne Stars batsman, Justin ... (8) |
| STEYN | Melbourne Stars' South African Big Bash pace signing (5) |
| NILE | WA and Melbourne Stars fast bowler, Nathan Coulter-... (4) |
| RACEHORSE | Runner at the Melbourne Cup (9) |
| MINISKIRT | Worn to shock in the 60s - and worn to effect by Jean Shrimpton at the Melbourne Cup in 1965 |
| KOROIBETE | Storm winger who switched to the Melbourne Rebels in 2017, Marika ... (9) |
| LUKEHODGE | Ex-Hawthorn captain, at the Lions from 2018 (4,5) |
| VICTORIAN | Gold-medallist popular around Australia - in the Melbourne region? |
| BLINDSPOT | Opener at Lord's in trouble countering spinners - he can't see clearly here (5,4) |
| RYANGIGGS | Retired Manchester United footballer who coached the Wales team from 2018 to 2020 (4,5) |
| GREATBEAR | Stars from BGT are repeatedly manipulated |
| OLLIEPOPE | England batsman and occasional wicketkeeper from 2018 (5,4) |
| IMRANKHAN | Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022 (5,4) |
| STUARTDEW | Suns coach from 2018 (6,3) |
| SWEEPS | Cleans up at the Melbourne Cup office flutters? (6) |
| ERTER | Gold medalist at the Melbourne, Rome, Tokyo, and Mexico City Olympics |
| ASTRAL | Of the stars from the south sacked by Universal (6) |
