| PREVAILED | Quiet minister, excellent, went ahead and won the day |
| TRIUMPHED | Primed hut, blew it up and won the day (9) |
| PREVAIL | Get the better of a quiet minister and feel worse (7) |
| NIELSRYBERGFINSEN | Who developed an ultra-violet ray lamp for the treatment of tuberculosis of the skin and won the Nob |
| NANSEN | Norwegian winner of the 1922 Prize; he devised a passport for stateless persons named for him. The International Office for Refugees was named for him as well-and won the Peace Prize in 1938. |
| HEWITT | Australian tennis player who was world No. 1 and won the US Open in 2001, and won Wimbledon in 2002 (6) |
| DEEPTI | Who took six wickets for India and won the player of the match award in the third women's ODI versus West Indies in Vadodara on December 27, 2024? (6) |
| MATED | Won a hand and won the game (5) |
| RAMSAY | British chemist who discovered neon, argon, krypton and xenon, and won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (last name only) |
| RISHABHPANT | Delhi's 2021 IPL captain, this wicketkeeper can pack a punch and won the Maximum Sixes award in the 2018 IPL (6,4) |
| NICKLAUS | Golfer who was Rookie of the Year and won the US Open in 1962 (8) |
| LORDS | Gus Atkinson made his Test debut for England, took 12 wickets and won the player of the match award as well at this ground. (5) |
| PIO | Which poet wrote Fitzroy: The Biography (2015) and won the 2024-Patrick White Literary Award? (2,1) |
| ALLINGTON | Who wrote the 2009 novel Figurehead and won the 2010 Barbara Hanrahan Fellowship? (9) |
| DECO | Portuguese footballer who played for Chelsea (2008-10) and won the Champions League with Porto and Barcelona |
| HURLYBURLYS | In 1.1, the three witches meet on the heath. The second witch says, "When the ___ done, When the battle's lost and won." |
| FLEECE | Sheep's coat of wool such as the golden example sought and won by Jason and the Argonauts in a quest; or, a thermal fabric used to make a zip-up garment of the same name (6) |
| CAMPDAVID | The ____ _____ Agreement helped bring peace between Israel and Egypt and won Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin the 1978 Prize (4,5) |
| RYCOODER | American slide guitarist who dubbed the guitar parts in the 1986 movie Crossroads and won a Grammy for the Buena Vista Social Club (2,6) |
| MERYLSTREEP | Actress who won the HFPA's Golden Globe for The Iron Lady and won their Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2017: 2 wds. |
