| POINTGUARD | Position for Steph Curry or Caitlin Clark |
| NBA | Sports league for Steph Curry: Abbr. |
| MVP | Award for Steph Curry in '15 and '16 |
| ESPY | 2015 award for Steph Curry |
| PISTOL | ___ Pete (nickname for the player whose NCAA scoring record stood for 54 years until broken by Caitlin Clark) |
| WNBA | Hoops org. for A'ja Wilson and Caitlin Clark |
| PHENOM | The W.N.B.A.'s Caitlin Clark, for one |
| IOWA | University where Caitlin Clark was a star, or the state where she was born |
| PROS | Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, as of April 15 |
| PTS | Caitlin Clark scored 3,951 in the NCAA (Abbr.) |
| IOWAN | Caitlin Clark, by birth |
| THREES | Caitlin Clark made 548 during her college career |
| WNBAER | Caitlin Clark, since April 2024 |
| THREE | Signature Caitlin Clark shot, informally |
| LAYUP | One-handed shot by Caitlin Clark |
| ANGELREESE | Chicago Sky player who is part of a media-driven "rivalry" with Caitlin Clark |
| ASSISTS | Category that Caitlin Clark led the WNBA in during the 2024 season |
| PULSE | Leguminous seed such as a lentil, chickpea or bean, used for dhal, hummus, soup, tofu or curry, or cooked in aquafaba (5) |
| AYESHA | Chef Curry married to Steph Curry |
| DAL | From Sanskrit for "to split", dried beans, lentils and other pulses in Indian cookery; a curry or puree of said legumes; or, a yellow-flowered tropical herb, also called pigeon pea (3) |
