| TALEI | Netani ___, 2006___15 Fiji back___rower at Worcester Warriors from 2007___10 (5) |
| HEADLINES | The Spice Girls' last studio single from 2007, _ (Friendship Never Ends) (9) |
| TWADDLE | Nathan _: rower who won a bronze medal with George Bridgewater at the 2008 Olympics (7) |
| GRAINGER | Dame Katherine _, rower who won Olympic gold in London 2012 (8) |
| NATASHA | Golfer who married 20D in 2007, _ Shishmanian (7) |
| OAR | Either/___ (rower's choice) |
| CHRIS | Dual-code England rugby player at Worcester Warriors since January (5,6) |
| ROARS | Rower at the start with oars, makes a lot of noise (5) |
| IDAHO | Duncan ___, warrior from Frank Herbert's Dune novels, played by Jason Momoa in the 2021 film (5) |
| LEONA | She triumphed in The X Factor in 2006, ___ Lewis (5) |
| STEVE | Aust wildlife expert, 1962-2006, ___ Irwin (5) |
| JAMES | Host of "The NFL on CBS" who replace Greg Gumbel in 2006, ___ Brown |
| ALICE | After a piece of cake, no longer small ___ 15 and 17, she said (5) |
| NINJA | Warrior from Sweden in Japan (5) |
| ATEIN | Heard rowers at home - didn't go to restaurant |
| DINAH | ___ 15+22, singer (5) |
| LIGHT | _ 15, well-known Citroen model (5) |
| ELCID | Warrior from Castile |
| ASHE | Adam -, former Scotland rugby union back-rower at Glasgow Warriors from 2011-20 (4) |
| KVESIC | Matt ...... , 2013-19 England flanker at Gloucester and Exeter between spells at Worcester Warriors (6) |
