| ICC | Initialism for world cricket's governing body (1,1,1) |
| BCCI | Indian cricket's governing body (1,1,1,1) |
| LONGROOM | Famous sight at Lord's,the .... .... , described once as "the most evocative four walls in world cricket." (4,4) |
| FIA | Initialism for the governing body for world motor sport (3) |
| IBO | Initialism for the boxing sanctioning body run by Edward S. Levine (1,1,1) |
| WBO | Initialism for the boxing sanctioning body whose President is Francisco Varcarcel (3) |
| JFK | Familiar initialism for the 35th President of the USA (3) |
| NHS | Initialism for the UK health service, founded in 1948 (3) |
| MCU | Initialism for the series of "Avengers" movies |
| BLT | Sandwich that's an initialism for its ingredients |
| WFH | Initialism for a remote employee |
| QPR | Initialism for the football club whose home is Loftus Road (3) |
| DIY | Initialism for a handyman |
| SRO | Initialism for a packed Broadway house |
| SEO | Initialism for practices that increase a Web site's Google ranking |
| CGI | Initialism for cinematic film effects |
| SPF | Initialism for certain applications |
| DOA | Initialism for a terrible idea: Abbr. |
| PDA | Initialism for exhibitionism |
| WBA | Initialism for the football club whose home is The Hawthorns (3) |
