| WGGRACE | The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack has brought down his tally of runs in first class cricket from 54,896 to 54,211. (1,1,5) |
| CLAIRETAYLOR | The first woman to be named one of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack's Cricketers of the Year |
| PARAS | Identify the first name of this cricketer who became the second Indian to score 10,000 runs in First-class cricket. (5) |
| ACE | Term for a combat pilot who has brought down at least five enemy planes. (3) |
| WASIMAKRAM | The only Pakistani cricketer named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |
| WASIM | The only Pakistani cricketer named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |
| AKRAM | The only Pakistani cricketer named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |
| RAYILLINGWORTH | Former English cricketer, commentator and administrator who took 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in first class cricket |
| ANYASHRUBSOLE | England pace bowler, the first woman on the cover of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |
| VERNAL | Unprincipled about runs in first season (6) |
| STEVEHARMISON | Durham and England fast bowler who was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2005 (5,8) |
| AMBROSE | Curtley ___, West Indian fast bowler who was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1992 (7) |
| JIMLAKER | England off break bowler whose 19-wicket haul in the 1956 Old Trafford Ashes Test remains the best bowling performance in first-class cricket history (3,5) |
| JACKHOBBS | English cricketer known as The Master; the leading run-scorer in first-class cricket (4,5) |
| SHANE | One of the Wisden Cricketers of the Century, spin bowler ... Warne |
| GANNON | US international who dismissed 'Smithy' for a rare duck in first class cricket. (6) |
| HOBBS | Sir John, known as Jack, English cricketer who made 197 centuries in first class cricket (5) |
| PAULCOLLINGWOOD | Durham CCC captain who was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2007 |
| KIMBARNETT | Derbyshire and England batsman who was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1989 |
| WISDEN | Familiar name for the Cricketers' Almanack which first appeared in 1864 (6) |
