| BOUSTEAD | First Queenslander to score three tries in Origin match (8) |
| SING | Member select band of Queenslanders to score three tries in Origin match (4) |
| OLIPHANT | Queensland halfback figured inaugural State of Origin match 1980 (8) |
| HATTRICK | Feat when a footballer scores three goals in a single match (3,5) |
| CRAIG | First player sent off in Origin match, -- Greenhill (5) |
| RYAN | Record scorer in Origin match with 32 points, -- Girdler (4) |
| LINGERIE | Basques fit this designation, French in origin (8) |
| BIRDBATH | Garden feature unexpectedly bad in origin (8) |
| GODSENDS | Things that are so beneficial as to seem divine in origin |
| FEELGOOD | Heart-warming logo morphed in origin of live broadcasting (8) |
| ABBAS | Pakistan Test cricketer who made 274 against England in 1971 at Edgbaston; first batter to score three consecutive centuries in ODIs (5) |
| ZAHEER | Pakistan Test cricketer who made 274 against England in 1971 at Edgbaston; first batter to score three consecutive centuries in ODIs (6) |
| ARTOFWAR | Classic military strategy and tactics, Chinese in origin (3,2,3) |
| LLOYD | see 1dn, American soccer player, the first ever to score three goals in a FIFA Women's World Cup final |
| CARLI | and 50dn, American soccer player, the first ever to score three goals in a FIFA Women's World Cup final |
| ZAHEERABBAS | Former Pakistani cricketer who was the first batsman to score three consecutive centuries in one-day internationals (6,5) |
| COLINMUNRO | South African-born NZ batsman, the first T20 international player to score three centuries (5,5) |
| TRY | Attempt to score three (3) |
| LEWANDOWSKI | Only player from an eliminated team to score three or more goals during the Euro 2020 group stage |
| GREENHILL | First player sent off in State of Origin match (9) |
