| HAYNES | Johnny ____ of Fulham was Britain's first footballer to earn £100 a week, after the 1961 abolition of the £20 maximum wage |
| TEE | Herman Barron's favorite time of day (the first Jew to win a PGA event, the Western Open, Feb. 1942). This year, David Berger and Max Homa won PGA tournaments 1 week after the other (Pebble Beach Pro- |
| KENDRICK | Rapper Lamar who performed "Not Like Us" at the Super Bowl a week after the song won all five of its Grammy nominations (February, 2025) |
| ROHR | What is the surname of this former German player who was one of the first footballers to play abroad in a foreign league in 1933? (4) |
| PALMER | Who became the first footballer in Premier League history to score four goals in the first-half of a match? (6) |
| DISTEFANO | Alfredo ____ was the first footballer to win a second Ballon d’Or, in 1959 |
| TON | A unit of weight equal to 2,240 lbs avoirdupois; an informal word for 100mph, £100 or a score of 100; or, with definite article, fashionable society during the Regency era (3) |
| RANDY | Country legend Travis who was the subject of a tribute from Carrie Underwood in the concert special "Opry 100: A Live Celebration" (March, 2025) |
| BOBBYMOORE | The first footballer to be honoured by a memorial service in Westminster Abbey |
| ONER | Informal word for a big lie; a conker that has won a single match; an expert; a heavy blow; a quid, old £1 note or £100; or, a unique or extraordinary person or thing (4) |
| DIESELENGINE | The 1954 Standard Vanguard was Britain's first production car to be powered by one (6,6) |
| IDES | The inauguration of a U.S. president happens a week after one |
| KERR | Josh ____'s Tokyo bronze was Britain's first medal in the men's 1500m since Peter Elliott's silver in 1988 |
| MATTHEWS | Sir Stanley --, first footballer to be knighted (in 1965) (8) |
| LOWSUNDAY | Name given to the day that falls a week after Easter (3,6) |
| ONTHEWAY | Coming a few weeks after the start? Our team over a year behind |
| COTTONSON | A bed over A£100, a child understands (7,2) |
| CRAVENCOTTAGE | Football stadium which has been the home ground of Fulham F.C. since 1896 (6,7) |
| OFCASH | Like a pelican eating a a £100 note? (5,4,2,4) |
| PECCARY | Piggy comes from gym class and gets a couple of hundred a year back (7) |
