| SWIATEK | Iga _, Polish tennis player who was the 2020 French Open champion (7) |
| IGASWIATEK | Polish tennis player who won her first major title at the 2020 French Open: 2 wds. |
| CANDACE | Parker who was the 2020 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year |
| LACOSTE | 1920s French Open champion and shirt creator, Rene (7) |
| RAFAEL | He beat Novak in the 2020 French Open final |
| HUBERT | _ Hurkacz (inset), Polish tennis player who won the 2021 Miami Open (6) |
| NASTASE | 1973 French Open champion |
| IMAGINE | Picture me in IGA butcher (7) |
| GOLDWYN | Sam ___ , Polish-born American film producer, d.1974 (7) |
| GORECKI | Henryk ___, Polish composer whose Symphony No. 3 gained worldwide popularity (7) |
| IGA | Polish tennis player Swiatek who's won the French Open three times |
| ANDREA | Diver who was the 2020 BBC Young Sports Personality Of The Year,_ Spendolini-Sirieix (6) |
| SUNISALEE | Hmong American gymnast who was the 2020 Olympic all- around champion |
| REDWANSKA | Agnieszka ---, in 2012, became the first Polish tennis player in the Open Era to reach a Grand Slam singles final (9) |
| SELES | Monica ___, tennis player who became the youngest-ever French Open champion at the age of 16 in 1990 |
| DONNA | Croatian tennis player who lost the 2022 San Diego Open final to Iga Swiatek, _ Vekic (5) |
| WORLDFOOD | The _____ ____ Programme was the 2020 winner for its efforts to combat hunger (5,4) |
| NADAL | 2020 French Open winner (of course) |
| GISCARDDESTAING | Valery -, 1926-2020, French Conservative politician (7,1'7) |
| CHOPIN | Frederic ___, Polish-born French composer of the Romantic school who wrote mainly for the solo piano (6) |
