| ABERG | Ludvig ___, 2023 Ryder Cup winner (5) |
| MCILROY | Rory ......., 2023 Ryder Cup top points scorer; 2014 PGA Championship winner (7) |
| DONALD | Luke, golfer who captained Europe in the 2023 Ryder Cup (6) |
| RUNEBERG | Johan Ludvig ___ , Finnish poet whose 'Vart land' (Our Land, 1848) became the Finnish national anthem ('Maamme') (8) |
| NOREN | Swedish 2018 Ryder Cup winner (5) |
| THEUS | Recent Ryder Cup winner |
| ROCCA | Costantino ---, Italian golfer, twice a Ryder Cup winner in the 1990s |
| KLEIN | Hanna ___, 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships 3,000m winner (5) |
| CABIN | Knock at the ___, 2023 M Night Shyamalan film (5) |
| LEACH | Ellie ___, 2023 Strictly contestant (5) |
| PIECE | One _, 2023 fantasy series by Netflix, starring Emily Rudd (5) |
| ZANGO | Hugues Fabrice _ _ 2023 World Athletics Championships triple jump gold medallist (5) |
| ISLES | Wild ___, 2023 David Attenborough series (5) |
| EARPS | Mary ___, 2023 BBC Sports Personality of the Year (5) |
| MARAN | Rolando ___, 2023-2024 Brescia manager (5) |
| TRENT | "Will _ _"; 2023 series |
| DANCE | Magic Mike's Last ___ (2023 movie) |
| FRAUD | "The ___" (2023 best-seller by Zadie Smith) |
| GROOM | "Rent-a-___" (2023 romance) |
| LIVES | "Past ___" (2023) or "It ___ Inside" (2003) |
