| WESTFEST | Gareth Lambert won this Tamar Lakes event in 2024 (*tests few) (4,4) |
| BEAM | Gymnast Simone Biles came fifth in this Olympic event in 2024 |
| MIRANDA | ___ Lambert won country's female vocalist award (7) |
| MIKYLE | West Indies opener; 2024 Test debutant against England at Lord's (6,5) |
| LOUIS | West Indies opener; 2024 Test debutant against England at Lord's (6,5) |
| SMITH | Surrey wicketkeeper; 2024 Test debutant against West Indies at Lord's (5,5) |
| JAMIE | Surrey wicketkeeper; 2024 Test debutant against West Indies at Lord's (5,5) |
| BUCHWALDER | Michael ___, won Tamar Lakes West Fest 2022 (*led raw chub) (10) |
| ADMIRALS | In 1967 Australia first won this international yachting event that includes the famous Fastnet Race, |
| TRIMARAN | Vessel manoeuvring in River Tamar (8) |
| RIVERLYD | Spawning tributary of Tamar (*dry liver) (5,3) |
| PULITZER | Alice Walker won this literary prize in 1983 for The Color Purple |
| DAVISCUP | The last two times Great Britain won this sporting prize were in 1936 and 2015 |
| ELECTION | Infantino won this to become FIFA President in 2016 |
| CONCLAVE | The 2024 film about papal politics, which won this year's Bafta for Best Film (8) |
| LEISHMAN | Australian who won this year's Farmers Insurance Open (8) |
| ALLIS | Fish, rare in UK, though spawning in Tamar estuary (*hails lads) (5,4) |
| SHAD | Fish, rare in UK, though spawning in Tamar estuary (*hails lads) (5,4) |
| LAD | Boy, as in Narcissus 'Tamar ___' and Rhododendron 'Windsor ___' (3) |
| ATV | In short, an off-road vehicle ... initially approaches Tamar Valley (3) |
