| WALLYLEWIS | Qld captain in 30 Origin games (5,5) |
| MARNUS | South African-born QLD captain and Test batsman, ... Labuschagne (6) |
| TOBIN | Socceroo captain in 30 games until 1998, Alex ... (5) |
| WHINERAY | Wilson ........ , All Blacks prop; captain in 30 of his 32 Tests between 1957-65 (8) |
| REECEWALSH | Qld fullback sent off in the second 2023 Origin game (5,5) |
| CARL | Cowboys forward in 15 Qld Origin games until 2008, ... Webb (4) |
| NATE | Qld forward in 32 Origin games, ... Myles (4) |
| SING | Cowboys winger in 24 Qld Origin games until 2005, Matt ... (4) |
| WASHINGTON | County name in 30 states |
| BERRIGAN | Broncos utility who played 15 Qld Origin games until 2007, Shaun ... (8) |
| LEIS | NSW lock in the first State of Origin game, in 1980, Jim ... (4) |
| EIGHTEENMO | The genome one decoded in thirty-six pages |
| COTRIC | Raiders winger who played one Origin game for NSW, in 2019, Nick... (6) |
| JOSHHARTNETT | Slevin Kelevra in Lucky Number Slevin, Eben Oleson in 30 Days Of Night and Dwight 'Bucky' Bleichert in The Black Dahlia, are film roles played by this US actor (4,8) |
| FEY | Tina - - -, US comedienne who wrote and starred in in 30 Rock (3) |
| JANETLEIGH | "Psycho" actress who played Rosie DeLeon in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| JASONMOMOA | Actor who plays Aquaman in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| KATHYBATES | Co-star in 30-Across |
| BENAFFLECK | Actor who plays Batman in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| BRIELARSON | Actress who reprises her role as Carol Danvers in 30-Across |