| FURY | Nickname defunct North Queensland A-League team (4) |
| DARLINGDOWNS | Plateau in Queensland, a vast agricultural and stock-raising area (7,5) |
| ROAR | Brisbane A-League team's nickname (4) |
| ITALIANO | First-season coach highflying Wellington Phoenix men's A-League team (8) |
| GUATEMALA | A league team lacking two Europeans playing for country (9) |
| CAPE | Change of pace in far north Queensland (4) |
| JOHN | Leigh Leopards and 2014-20 North Queensland Cowboys loose forward (4,6) |
| YORK | Far north Queensland area, Cape ... |
| PETAHIKU | New Zealand, Hull KR and former Warrington Wolves, New Zealand Warriors and North Queensland Cowboys centre (4,4) |
| ASH | Former North Queensland Cowboys rugby league winger, -Graham (3) |
| ASIATA | Leigh Leopards and 2014-20 North Queensland Cowboys loose forward (4,6) |
| ATHERTON | Lake Tinaroo is a man-made reservoir in the Great Dividing Range plateau in Australia's north Queensland ... Tableland |
| CAIRNS | City in Far North Queensland, Australia, that serves as a starting point for people wanting to visit the Great Barrier Reef |
| INNISFALL | North Queensland town, centre of the banana and sugar-cane industries (9) |
| TOWNSVILLE | Home base of the North Queensland Cowboys (10) |
| HENRY | Former Canberra, North Queensland and Gold Coast NRL coach (5) |
| WEIPA | Sounds like one crying in North Queensland |
| ATHERTONTABLELAND | Fertile plateau located in north Queensland (8,9) |
| TROPPO | Thriller set in Far North Queensland |
| MORGAN | North Queensland Cowboys' 2015 NRL premiership-winning five-eighth (6) |
