| ZUZANA | President of Slovakia, from 2019 to 2024 (6,8) |
| CAPUTOVA | President of Slovakia, from 2019 to 2024 (6,8) |
| JAVID | Sajid ___ (b1969), UK Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2019 to 2020 (5) |
| PRITIPATEL | Home secretary from July 2019 to September 2022 |
| IGNOBEL | - - - - - - Prize, satirical award given in 2019 to, among others, social psychologist Fritz Strack (2,5) |
| MARGRETHE | --- II, Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024 (9) |
| PELLEGRINI | President-elect of Slovakia succeeding Zuzana Caputova on 15 June 2024 (10) |
| PETER | President-elect of Slovakia succeeding Zuzana Caputova on 15 June 2024 (5) |
| ERIKTENHAG | Dutch footballer who was manager of Manchester United from 2022 to 2024 (4,3,3) |
| LUDLAM | Lewis, English flanker who captained Northampton Saints from 2021 to 2024 (6) |
| THERESA | Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet from 2005 to 2024 (7) |
| SKETCH | Brief description of Slovakia picking up alien going to Switzerland (6) |
| KYLEOKPOSO | Nigerian American NHL player who captained the Buffalo Sabres from 2022 to 2024: 2 wds. |
| DANIELLE | ____ Harold, actress who played Lola Pearce in EastEnders from 2011 to 2024 (8) |
| LITTLE | Ralf, English actor who starred in Death In Paradise from 2020 to 2024 (6) |
| CHARLIEFAIRHEAD | Character played by Derek Thompson on BBC One's Casualty from 1986 to 2024 (7,8) |
| AALBORG | City home to 2024-25 Danish Superliga club AaB (7) |
| UPPSALA | City in Sweden home to 2024 Allsvenskan club IK Sirius (7) |
| INNSBRUCK | City home to 2024-25 Austrian Football Bundesliga club WSG Tirol (9) |
| ARNHEM | Netherlands city home to 2024-25 Eerste Divisie club Vitesse (6) |
