| TABB | Michaela -, first woman to referee the World Snooker Championship final (4) |
| WEBB | Howard ____ was the first person to referee the Champions League and World Cup finals in the same year |
| RORY | In 2009, ____ McLeod was the first black player to qualify for the World Snooker Championship |
| DOWN | Gaelic football club that last won the AllIreland Senior Football Championship Final in 1994 (4) |
| THORBURN | Nicknamed the Grinder, who was the first player to score a maximum break of 147 at the world snooker championships? (8) |
| DAVIS | Who won the world snooker championship six times in the 1980s? (6) |
| MARKSELBY | Winner of the World Snooker Championship in 2014, 2016 and 2017 (4,5) |
| SELBY | Who won the world snooker championship for the fourth time earlier this month? (5) |
| DA | Who won the world snooker championship six times in the 1980s? (6) (5) |
| CRUCIBLE | The ___, theatre in Sheffield that stages the World Snooker Championship (8) |
| DINGJUNHUI | Chinese snooker player who lost to Mark Selby in the 2016 World Championship final (4,6) |
| PARROTT | John ___, 1991 winner of the World Snooker Championship (7) |
| HENDRY | Stephen ___, winner of the World Snooker Championship from 1992-96 (6) |
| SHEFFIELD | Home of the World Snooker Championship (9) |
| APR | Mo. when the World Snooker Championship begins (3) |
| NIGELSHORT | The first British player to participate in a 20th-century world chess championship final |
| MURPHY | Shaun, English snooker player who lost to Mark Selby in the 2021 World Championship final (6) |
| IRVINE | Hazel ---, regular BBC presenter of the World Snooker Championships (6) |
| LUKEHUMPHRIES | Darts player who won the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship final (4,9) |
| TITCOMB | Mike ......, youngest man to referee a rugby union international, Wales against Scotland in the 1966 Five Nations Championship (7) |
