| MURPHY | Shaun, English snooker player who lost to Mark Selby in the 2021 World Championship final (6) |
| DINGJUNHUI | Chinese snooker player who lost to Mark Selby in the 2016 World Championship final (4,6) |
| MCGILL | Anthony, Scottish snooker player who eliminated Ronnie O'Sullivan in the 2021 world championships (6) |
| STEPHENHENDRY | Scottish snooker player who came out of retirement at the 2021 World Championship to win his first match in nine years (7,6) |
| EVANS | Shaun, English actor who plays the lead in TV series Endeavour, prequel to Inspector Morse (5) |
| SHAUN | ..... Murphy, runner-up in snooker's 2021 World Championship (5) |
| ELISHA | US actor whose film roles included Harry Selby in Hellzapoppin (6) |
| COOKJR | US actor whose film roles included Harry Selby in Hellzapoppin (4,1,1) |
| SHAILI | ... Singh, the Indian long jumper who won a silver medal in the 2021 World U20 athletics championships. (6) |
| ZVEREV | Alexander, German tennis player who lost to Dominic Thiem in the 2020 U.S. Open final (6) |
| SINNER | Jannik, Italian tennis player who lost to Carlos Alcaraz in the 2022 U.S. Open (6) |
| WILSON | Kyren _, English snooker player who earned his first world title in 2024 (6) |
| FERRER | David, Spanish former tennis player who lost the 2013 Roland-Garros men's singles final to Rafael Nadal (6) |
| LOSERS | Astros, in the 2021 World Series |
| JESTER | World snooker champion Mark Selby is nicknamed the ___ from Leicester. (6) |
| ASSIST | Help string player who's lost book (6) |
| SHARAPOVA | Russian tennis player who lost to Venus Williams in the singles final at the 2012 London Games, Maria ___ (9) |
| HOWARD | ___ Croston, Team Captain at 2021 World Fly Champs (6) |
| LONDON | Rugby union club; 2007-08 Guinness Premiership Championship Final winners |
| DANIELLE | _ Collins, US tennis player who lost to Ashleigh Barty in the women's singles final at the 2022 Australian Open (8) |
