| NICOLAADAMS | Former professional boxer who recently became a parent (6,5) |
| NICOLA | _ Adams, former professional boxer who recently became a parent (6) |
| MANNYPACQUIAO | Filipino boxer who recently became the first person to hold a world title in four different decades: 2 wds. |
| JOSHUA | Anthony, heavyweight boxer who recently defeated rival Jermaine Franklin (6) |
| ERINDARKE | "Good Girls Revolt" actress who, along with longtime partner 15-Across, became a parent recently |
| RADCLIFFE | Daniel of "Harry Potter" fame who, along with longtime partner 19-Across, became a parent recently (though the baby's gender, name, and birthday have not yet been publicly revealed) |
| GEORGEFOREMAN | Former professional boxer who also supervises workers on a factory floor?: 2 wds. |
| TONYDANZA | Former professional boxer who played an amateur boxer and cab driver in the 1978-1983 TV series Taxi (4,5) |
| HOYA | Former professional boxer who hails from London, David _ (4) |
| NASEEM | _ Hamed, British former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2002 (6) |
| DANZA | Former professional boxer who played Tony Banta in US sitcom Taxi (4,5) |
| TONY | Former professional boxer who played Tony Banta in US sitcom Taxi (4,5) |
| MUHAMMAD | ___ Ali former professional boxer who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 |
| GARY | __ Windass, Weatherfield man who recently became a father to baby Jake (4) |
| HEATH | Man who recently became a father again in Home and Away (5) |
| CALLAHAN | Erinsborough priest who recently became a different kind of father (4,8) |
| JACK | Erinsborough priest who recently became a different kind of father (4,8) |
| MAUREEN | Corrie actress who recently became a Dame (7,6) |
| LIPMAN | Corrie actress who recently became a Dame (7,6) |
| WILLIAMS | Zoe _, This Morning doctor who recently became a mum (8) |
