| THEHUNDRED | New short form cricket competition that began in the UK in 2021 (3,7) |
| DAVISCUP | International athletic competition that began in 1900 as a challenge between the U.S. and Great Britain |
| UNCLASP | Release new short form accepted by Unionist party leaders (7) |
| TWENTY | Half of short-form cricket score (6) |
| VERSACE | Krystal, winner of TV reality show Ru Paul's Drag Race UK in 2021 (7) |
| ANTIBIOTIC | A new short bone in the ear inhibiting growth |
| TEMPERANCE | Social movement against the consumption of alcohol which began in the early 19th Century (10) |
| BINGCROSBY | Legendary crooning singer whose career began in the late 1920's: 2 wds. |
| GOOGLYEYES | Facial features of a “bombing” trend which began in the 2000s |
| LEDERHOSEN | Boss wanting a pipe and new shorts (10) |
| EUROVISION | Annual music competition that will be held in Liverpool this year, starting today; Ukraine won the event last year |
| SIXNATIONS | Rugby union competition that adopted its current format in 2000 (3,7) |
| HEADTOHEAD | Direct competition that might be a private conversation (4,2,4) |
| INTIFADA | Mass Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule that began in the Jabalya refugee camp in 1987, the f |
| SACKRACING | Competition that involves hopping |
| BLADES | Word that began in the greenery as leaves but ended in the weaponry as knives, sharp edges and swords (6) |
| ENOSIS | Movement for the union of Cyprus with Greece that began in the 1930s (6) |
| NEWAGE | English comic in northeast that began in the 1980s? (3,3) |
| JACOBEAN | Like the era that began in the early 1600s |
| IRONAGE | The period of human history that began in the Middle East about 1100 BC |
