| CHUTER | He replaced Mark Regan in the RWC 2007 final at Stade de France... (6) |
| CORRESPONDENT | Reporter at Stade de France in time to follow match |
| CAMMIE | Scotland wing - - - Murray marked Jonah Lomu - and scored a try - in the RWC 1999 quarter-final (6) |
| SELF | Will _, author who replaced Mark Lamarr on the show Shooting Stars (4) |
| LOOD | - - - de Jager, Bok lock who dislocated his shoulder in the RWC 2019 final (4) |
| BUTCH | - - - James, RWC 2007 champion who coached the Classic Springboks (5) |
| EUROS | They've replaced marks and francs |
| MARMION | Kieran - - - , Ireland No 9 surprisingly omitted from the RWC 2019 squad (7) |
| SOPIIE | Identify the first name of this cricketer who was the Player of the Final at the WPL final recently. (6) |
| BECKER | Who ran the first leg for Ireland in the women's 4x400m final at the Paris Olympics? (6) |
| SIMONE | - - - Ferrari, Italy tighthead injured in the first scrum of their RWC 2019 pool game against South Africa (6) |
| ARCHER | Garath - - - , former England lock who played against Tonga and Fiji at RWC 1999 (6) |
| HENMAN | British player who reached four men's singles semi-finals at Wimbledon (6) |
| AFRICA | South - - - , Pool B side at RWC 2019 (6) |
| ENBLOC | Close bar, missing finals at the same time |
| TOMCRUISE | Hollywood icon who rappelled into the Stade de France at the Olympic closing ceremonies last night, symbolizing the Summer Games moving from Paris (2024) to Los Angeles (2028) |
| QUIZ | Question: who in Stade de France is next to Benzema in the centre? (4) |
| TRIPOS | *Finals at Cambridge University |
| LINDA | She's the possessed Regan in the late William Friedkin's The Exorcist (5,5) |
| BLAIR | She's the possessed Regan in the late William Friedkin's The Exorcist (5,5) |
