| PARSEE | Mean to receive the Asian (6) |
| STROKE | It's O.K. to receive the rest of the blow (6) |
| SUNITA | ... Sharma, the first woman cricket coach to receive the Dronacharya award. (6) |
| GANNET | Girl is in to receive the bird (6) |
| WALKER | Dr. Mary ___ abolitionist and the first and only woman to receive the Medal of Honor |
| ONSIDE | In football, in a position where one's allowed to receive the ball (6) |
| CLAIRE | Smith who was the first woman to receive the Baseball Writers' Association of America's Career Excellence Award |
| TOMLIN | Second woman to receive the Mark Twain Prize |
| BENGAL | The Bay of -- is the part of the Indian Ocean which receives the waters of the River Ganges (6) |
| ELBE | Royal treatment: Mr. Elba, dashing actor who in 2016 chose his mum to escort him to Buckingham Palace to receive the honor of membership in the Order of the British Empire |
| STANCE | The saint receives the cane for making a stand (6) |
| STLEO | Fifth-century pope, the first to receive the title "the Great" |
| SINCLAIR | The first author from the USA to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, _ Lewis (8) |
| ORAL | When to rally to receive the spoken word (4) |
| LIONS | Get the ___ share (to receive the most of something) |
| UNWISE | You and I receive the news but it" |
| EMBLEM | Mel receives the MBE as a symbol (6) |
| TAKEGUARD | Cricket term describing the way in which a batsman/woman must stand ready to receive the ball (4,5) |
| FIELDSERVICE | Fighting at the front to receive the first shot in tennis (5,7) |
| GETTHEWINDUP | Become a little scared to receive the signal to finish? (3,3,4,2) |
