| ICHIRO | Suzuki with his first name on his jersey |
| ATLANTABRAVE | Baseballer with a tomahawk on his jersey |
| BERRA | Immortal catcher with '-ism' associated with his first name |
| NORM | Which Cheers regular is always greeted by name on his arrival? (4) |
| ARON | Elvis's middle name, on his birth certificate |
| KLINE | Actor Kevin whose last name shares four letters with his first |
| THADWOLFF | 1980s AMA Superbike racer for Suzuki with a canine name. (4,5) |
| ABEL | Lincoln with his first or second son (4) |
| ELEUTHERI | Religious reformer with his first in Early English -- one for secret society |
| ZULU | It provided Michael Caine with his first major role (4) |
| NATIONALANTHEM | People confuse a lament with his first song (8,6) |
| WHISPERS | Work with his first patients in hospital is endless or so they say, under their breaths (8) |
| WILLIEOREE | Member of the Order of Canada, Fredericton-born hockey legend, the first Black player in the NHL, his jersey No. |
| ORR | His jersey was raised to the Boston Garden rafters in 1979 |
| NINES | Pocket poker pair called "Wayne Gretzky" (because of his jersey number) |
| SHIRTY | What a footballer may get when someone pulls his jersey (6) |
| PELE | Christ the Redeemer wore a facsimile of his jersey in 2023 |
| DAVIDBECKHAM | Soccer great whose tattoos include his jersey number, a guardian angel, and ten roses: 2 wds. |
| BOBNEWHART | Sitcom star (he played an innkeeper) who dropped his first name of George to go by his middle name's |
| ALEXTREBEK | "Jeopardy!" host who dropped his first name of George to go by his middle name's nickname: 2 wds. |
