| BOULTER | Katie, English tennis player who defeated the No 6 women's seed at Wimbledon in 2022 (7) |
| SERENAWILLIAMS | Tennis player who has won an Open Era record six women's singles titles at the Australian Open: 2 wd |
| WINGFORWARDS | Former term for rugby players in the No 6 and 7 positions (4,8) |
| RATE | Seed, at Wimbledon |
| NICK | _ Kyrgios, Australian tennis player; finalist at Wimbledon in 2022 (4) |
| JOHNISNER | Who knocked out Andy Murray at Wimbledon in 2022? (4-5) |
| PLAYERS | Cast seeds at Wimbledon (7) |
| ELENA | Kazakhstani tennis player who won Wimbledon in 2022 (5,8) |
| RYBAKINA | Kazakhstani tennis player who won Wimbledon in 2022 (5,8) |
| RYEGRASS | Seeds at Wimbledon are embarrassingly volatile, but not lame-brain characters (8) |
| MASSENA | Andre, French general who defeated the Russians at Zerich in 1799 (7) |
| FISCHER | Bobby ---, US chess player who defeated Boris Spassky at the 1972 world championship |
| WALLACE | William _, Scottish patriot who defeated the army of Edward I at Stirling Bridge (7) |
| PIZARRO | Francisco ___, Spanish conquistador who defeated the Inca empire (1533) and founded Lima as the new capital of Peru (1535) (7) |
| AUSTIN | Bunny ---, English tennis player who reached the final of Wimbledon twice in the 1930s (6) |
| SUCCORY | American helps to remove some seed at yard and plant (7) |
| THESEUS | Mythical king who defeated the Minotaur (7) |
| SEDATES | Tranquilises with seeds at mixing (7) |
| ANGELAMORTIMER | English tennis player who won three Grand Slam singles titles, including Wimbledon in 1961 (6,8) |
| EDBERG | Stefan -; tennis player who defeated Boris Becker to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1988 and again in 1990 (6) |
