| GRIFF | Singer who won the 2021 Rising Star Brit award (5) |
| STONE | Joss _, singer who won the 2021 series of The Masked Singer (5) |
| PRICE | Gerwyn, Welsh darts player nicknamed The Iceman who won the 2021 PDC World Championship (5) |
| OSAKA | Naomi, Japanese tennis player who won the 2021 Australian Open women's singles title (5) |
| HUMAN | Rag'n'Bone Man song that won the Brit Award for British Single of the Year in 2018 |
| KEANE | Band whose debut album Hopes and Fears won the 2005 Brit Award for Best British Album (5) |
| HOUSE | Grammy and Brit Award-winning album from Mr Styles (5'1,5) |
| KELIS | BRIT award-winner whose hits include Milkshake and Acapella (5) |
| OUTTO | Little Mix hit that won them a 2017 BRIT Award, Shout ___ My Ex (3,2) |
| NIGHT | The ___ Watchman 2020 novel by Louise Erdrich that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| EMMARADUCANU | British tennis star who won the 2021 U.S. Open, only the second Grand Slam tournament she had entered |
| NORMANLEAR | "Good Times" producer who won the 2021 Carol Burnett Award |
| ROSEAYLINGELLIS | Deaf EastEnders actress who won the 2021 series of Strictly Come Dancing (4,6,5) |
| JOSHOCONNOR | The Crown actor who won the 2021 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: 2 wds. |
| HER | Artist who won the 2021 Grammy for Song of the Year, for "I Can't Breathe" |
| JASONMOTT | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for Hell of a Book: 2 wds. |
| HUBERT | _ Hurkacz (inset), Polish tennis player who won the 2021 Miami Open (6) |
| HIDEKI | Japanese golfer who won the 2021 Masters Tournament, _ Matsuyama (pictured) (6) |
| HOMA | Max who won the 2021 Genesis Invitational (4) |
| ZAILAAVANTGARDE | Guinness World Record holder who won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee |
