| KYLIAN | Real Madrid and France forward with a 2022 World Cup Final hat trick, Mbappe (6) |
| ANELKA | Nicolas ...... , former France forward with 69 caps and 14 goals (6) |
| DOHA | Exclamation expressing annoyance with a 2022 World Cup host city (4) |
| GRIEZMANN | Atletico Madrid and France forward, Antoine ...(9) |
| QATARI | Many a 2022 World Cup attendee |
| MBAPPE | Kylian ___, scorer of a hat trick in the 2022 World Cup final (6) |
| TIED | Like the 2022 World Cup Final, after regular and extra time |
| LOSER | France, of the 2022 World Cup Final |
| ALHILAL | The Saudi club that reportedly offered Mbappe a 300-million-euros deal. (2,5) |
| ADIEU | Goodbye to Kylian Mbappe? (5) |
| HURST | West Ham striker who scored a FIFA world cup final hat-trick (5) |
| HURTLE | Scots word meaning fidget or wriggle on the buttocks; squirm or shift in one's seat; or, to move forward with a rustling or grating sound (6) |
| GEOFFREY | Full first name of England's 1966 FIFA World Cup final hat-trick hero (8) |
| AVATAR | 2009 James Cameron epic with a 2022 sequel (6) |
| GEOFF | World Cup final hat-trick scorer Hurst (5) |
| TOPGUN | 1986 Tom Cruise film with a 2022 sequel: 2 wds. |
| DAVID | 1985-89 Scotland and 1982-87 Chelsea striker; 1986 Full Members' Cup Final hat-trick scorer (5) |
| SPEEDIE | 1985-89 Scotland and 1982-87 Chelsea striker; 1986 Full Members' Cup Final hat-trick scorer (7) |
| GORDONDURIE | Rangers 1996 Scottish Cup Final hat-trick scorer (6,5) |
| HICKS | Chris ..... , 2008-10 Warrington wing; 2010 Challenge Cup Final hat-trick scorer (5) |
