| TAYLOR | Player of the match (surname only) in Zimbabwe's upset win over 3 Down in the group stage |
| ASHRAFUL | Bangladesh's player of the match in their upset win over West Indies in the group stage (surname only) |
| WOO | Win over (3) |
| LARD | Ingredient removed from 3-Down in the 1990s |
| TWENTYTWO | The number of teams that compete in the group stage! (6,3) |
| KLAASEN | Heinrich, South African batsman who scored 109 against England in the group stage of the 2023 Cricket World Cup (7) |
| BROAD | Bowler who bowled the last over for 16 Across vs. the Netherlands, allowing an overthrow on the last ball and letting the latter score an upset win |
| STREAK | Heath ___, former Zimbabwean cricketer who made his Test debut in Zimbabwe's 1993/1994 tour of Pakistan in which he won Man of the Series |
| TEABAGS | After extra time upset, wins cup after cup from them? (3,4) |
| HARAREEARTH | Land in Zimbabwe's capital? |
| HARMER | Identify the surname of the cricketer who won the player of the match award in the first Test match held between India and South Africa in Kolkata recently. (6) |
| CORI | First woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her role in the discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen (surname only) |
| ALYSSA | Identify the first name of this Australian who played a match-winning innings versus India at the group stage of the Women's World Cup held recently. (6) |
| NIGERIA | This West African nation made the group stage of the FIFA World Cup competition in 2002 |
| RUSSIA | Team that finished the Euro 2020 group stage in 4th place in its group despite winning one match-the only last-place team to do so |
| HARMEET | Identify the first name of this player who won the player of the match award in the T20 WC match held between USA and Netherlands. (7) |
| ARORA | Identify the surname of this cricketer who won the player of the match for Kolkata Knight Riders coming in as an Impact Sub in IPL 2025. (5) |
| OWEN | Identify the surname of this Australian cricketer who won the Player of the Match award on his T20I debut at the Sabina Park in July 2025. (4) |
| CRISHAN | Identify the first name of this cricketer who was the Player of the Match in the T20 World Cup group game between Italy and Nepal on February 12, 2026. (7) |
| ELLIS | Identify the surname of this cricketer who won the player of the match award in the 2026 T20 WC game between Australia and Ireland. (5) |
