| DOORSTOP | It will prevent a grand slam in the stoop, Rod (8) |
| MEDVEDEV | Which Russian prevented Novak Djokovic from winning a calendar-year Grand Slam in the US Open final in September? (8) |
| SCOTLAND | Six Nations rugby union team that last won the Grand Slam in 1990 (8) |
| BEAUMONT | Bill, rugby union captain who led England to the Grand Slam in 1980 (8) |
| RODLAVER | Australian tennis player who won the calendar-year Grand Slam in singles twice, in 1962 and 1969 (3,5) |
| DONBUDGE | US tennis player who achieved the sport's first grand slam, in 1938 (3,5) |
| MARGARETCOURT | Australian tennis player who was the first woman to win the Grand Slam in the Open Era: 2 wds. |
| IRELAND | Country that won the Grand Slam in the Six Nations rugby union tournament in 2023 (7) |
| STEFFI | Graf with a Grand Slam in tennis |
| RBI | One of four for a grand slam, in brief |
| USOPEN | Tourney win necessary for a Grand Slam in tennis |
| FIONA | - - - Coghlan, 85-cap women's prop who captained Ireland to a Grand Slam in 2013 (5) |
| THERMALS | Article on right to back Slam in warm clothes (8) |
| GLOVE | On the one hand it will prevent frostbite (5) |
| STIRRUP | It will prevent the horseman from being footloose (7) |
| PAPERFASTENER | It will prevent the sheets getting awry |
| STUNT | Appear to knock one out, at last. It will prevent growth (5) |
| NAVRATILOVA | The longest surname of any tennis player with a career grand slam in singles |
| COURT | Margaret ..., in tennis, winner of the women's singles Grand Slam in 1970 (5) |
| BANGUP | Slam in the slammer! (4,2) |
