| IMRANKHAN | Former cricketer who became Pakistani PM in 2018 (5,4) |
| UNDISMAYED | Cool press boss understands briefs ousting Eastern PM in 2018 (10) |
| IMRAN | First name of the former cricketer who assumed office as Pakistan's prime minister in 2018 (5) |
| MORRISON | Scott, Australian politician who became prime minister in 2018 (8) |
| TEDDEXTER | Former cricketer who captained Sussex and England in the early 1960s (3,6) |
| IANBOTHAM | Former cricketer who has a seat in the House of Lords (3,6) |
| DOLIVEIRA | Cricketer who became a symbol of the fight against sporting apartheid (1'8) |
| SWANN | Surname of Graeme, the former cricketer who took part in Strictly in 2018 (5) |
| GREGCHAPPELL | Former cricketer who played in 87 Test matches, scoring centuries in his first and last Test innings (4,8) |
| DARREN | ------ Gough, former cricketer who won Strictly in 2005 (6) |
| AGNEW | Former cricketer who stepped down as BBC chief cricket correspondent in 2024 |
| ANDREWFLINTOFF | Former cricketer who holds the record for the most sixes in test matches for England |
| MONTYOANESAR | Former cricketer who had to pull out of Dancing On Ice in 2017 (5,7) |
| FLINTOFF | Andrew _, former cricketer who was England's "Man of the Series" in the 2005 Ashes (8) |
| WVRAMAN | The former cricketer who has penned 'The Winning Sixer.' (1,1,5) |
| AMBROSE | Sir Curtly _, West Indian former cricketer who took 405 Test wickets (7) |
| GRAHAM | Former cricketer who played for Durham, Lancashire and England, _ Onions (6) |
| GANGULY | Sourav ___, Indian former cricketer who captained his national team 2000-2005 (7) |
| WESSELS | Kepler ___, former cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia (7) |
| LLOYD | Sir Clive ____, a Guyanese-British former cricketer who played for the West Indies cricket team |
