| BENEDICK | Nine-time champ Ben Chan was controversially dethroned in Final Jeopardy! last week after ending this Shakespeare character's name with a "T" instead of a "K" |
| LEDIMDONE | What putting one's pen down in Final Jeopardy! usually means |
| IMDONE | What putting one's pen down in Final Jeopardy! usually means |
| HOGAN | Two-time Masters champ Ben |
| LISTON | Champ dethroned in 1964 |
| ARTUR | Boxer Beterbiev whom Dmitry Bivol dethroned in 2025 |
| EQUALLLY | On a June 2022 broadcast, staff let a typo sneak into Final Jeopardy!, when a double letter in a common seven-letter word was tripled to this |
| HARBLOCK | Subject of the Final Jeopardy! question that knocked out Ken Jennings after a record 74 wins ... or |
| SOS | Three sailors were rescued from a tiny Micronesian island last week after pilots spotted this written in the sand; can you spot it four times in this puzzle grid? |
| SANJUANHILL | In 2020, a 122-yearold Congressional Medal of Honor was controversially sold at auction in Germany for $15,000; its winner had received it fighting alongside Teddy Roosevelt in this battle |
| EMANCIPATION | On a July 2013 broadcast, 12-year old Thomas Hurley missed Final Jeopardy! because he added a "T" after this word's seventh letter |
| CLAVIN | His Final Jeopardy response was "Who are three people who've never been in my kitchen?" |
| DARTHVADER | John McEnroe compared Novak Djokovic to this film character at Wimbledon last week after Djokovic scolded fans for booing |
| EGYPT | In March, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi was controversially re-elected as the president of this country |
| THINK | Aptly named Final Jeopardy! theme song |
| WAGER | Final Jeopardy! amount |
| LOCKIN | Finalize, as a Final Jeopardy! wager |
| BERRYGORDY | On a September 2020 broadcast, a contestant lost Final Jeopardy! for spelling this record producer's first name with an "A" instead of an "E" |
| UNCHAINEDMELODY | "Oh, my love, my darling, I've hungered for your touch a long, lonely time," sang Jimmy Young in thi |
| ROMPERSTOMPER | Russell Crowe attracted attention early in his career for his portrayal of Hando, a neo-Nazi, in thi |
