| MABIL | Kenyan-born refugee who scored on debut for the Socceroos against Kuwait in 2018 (5) |
| MARKS | Michael *****, refugee who began a market stall in Leeds in 1884 (5) |
| ARCHIETHOMPSON | Indigenous striker who played 54 games for the Socceroos (6,8) |
| BOATPEOPLE | Refugees who travel by sea (4.6) |
| HARRY | and 22dn, Tottenham Hotspur footballer who scored on his 2015 England debut against Lithuania (5,4) |
| IOANE | Monty ___, Melbourne-born winger who made his debut for the Italy national rugby union team against Wales in 2020 |
| ARDIE | Younger of the Savea brothers, who made his debut for the All Blacks in 2016 (5) |
| SONAY | Tennis player who made her debut for the GB Billie Jean King Cup team in 2025, _ Kartal (5) |
| GOING | Sid, scrum-half who made his debut for the All Blacks in 1967 (5) |
| BRIAN | Current Manchester City assistant coach who scored on his 19th birthday in Manchester United's 1968 European Cup Final victory over Benfica (5,4) |
| OZONE | What braces a person supporting the Socceroos? (5) |
| QUEEN | Strange cut on debut of new rock band (5) |
| RIGUP | On debut, girl unfortunately appears in split dress (3,2) |
| SPARE | It's scored on a second roll |
| KANE | see 21dn, Tottenham Hotspur footballer who scored on his 2015 England debut against Lithuania (5,4) |
| ASH | ___ Handley, player who scored on his Leeds Rhinos home debut in Super League XX (3) |
| NGUMOHA | Liverpool winger who scored on his Premier League debut at Newcastle in August, 2025 (7) |
| RIO | Liverpool winger who scored on his Premier League debut at Newcastle in August, 2025 (3) |
| KIPKETER | Wilson ---, Kenyan-born Danish athlete who won gold in the 800m at three successive World Athletics Championships in the 1990s (8) |
| CHRISFROOME | Kenyan-born British cyclist who first won the Tour de France in 2013 (5,6) |
