| ERNASOLBERG | Norway’s second female prime minister, in office 2013-2021 |
| NISSE | Friendly goblin coming from kind of hut Norway’s reserved |
| THERESA | First name of Britain's second female Prime Minister (7) |
| THERESAMAY | The UK's second female prime minister |
| NORTH | Translator of Plutarch's Lives; Tory prime minister in office when the Tea Act was passed in 1773; or, South's partner in bridge(5) |
| SPENCERPERCEVAL | Britain's only assassinated prime minister, in office from 1809 to 1812 (7,8) |
| BLAIR | Britain's fifth Labour Prime Minister, in office for 10 years (5) |
| MASSEY | New Zealand's 19th Prime Minister, in office from 1912 to 1925 (6) |
| DONALD | Scotland's inaugural first minister, in office 1999-2000 (6,5) |
| SHARANBURROW | In 2000, who was elected the second female president of the ACTU? (6,6) |
| SMASHED | Second female that's angry about being drunk (7) |
| VENETIA | ____ Williams, in 2009 became the second female trainer of a Grand National winner (7) |
| NAKARAWA | Castres, 2009-2021 Fiji, 2013-2021 Glasgow Warriors, 2016-2019 Racing 92 and 2021-2022 Toulon lock (8) |
| LEONE | Castres, 2009-2021 Fiji, 2013-2021 Glasgow Warriors, 2016-2019 Racing 92 and 2021-2022 Toulon lock (5) |
| OZIL | Mesut ___, 2009-2018 Germany, 2010-2013 Real Madrid and 2013-2021 Arsenal midfielder (4) |
| RAE | Scotland, Edinburgh Rugby, 2013-2021 Glasgow Warriors and 2021-2023 Bath Rugby prop (3) |
| HORNE | 2013-2021 Scotland and 2009-2021 Glasgow Warriors centre (5,5) |
| FILINGCABINET | Taking rough edges off ministers in office? (6,7) |
| TITANE | 2021 horror movie for which Julia Ducournau became the second female director to win the Palme d'Or |
| GAILDEVERS | The second female athlete to successfully defend a 100m Olympic title |
