| VELOCITY | The Women's T20 Challenge team that isn't Supernovas or Trailblazers. (8) |
| KEERTHI | First Kerala player to be picked for Women's T20 Challenge. (7) |
| EVENT | An occurrence associated with a single point in space-time, such as the high-energy example of a supernova; or, any one of the social occasions of the British season (5) |
| RED | New Zealanders wore socks of this colour to bring luck to the 1995 America's Cup challenge team |
| FOURPOSTER | Number on University Challenge team notice one's slept in (4-6) |
| EXPLODINGSTAR | Supernova, or what each answer at 17-, 25-, 51-, and 60-Across is doing |
| PIONEERS | One enters the docks to get the trailblazers (8) |
| BREAKING | Tunnelling down, as you are, it's pioneering for trailblazers (6-8) |
| ROADTRIP | Trailblazers Ruby Wax and Mel B went on A Rocky Mountain_ _ (4,4) |
| VANGUARD | Collective synonym for "trailblazers" formed by a moving vehicle + a verb meaning "protect" |
| PORTLAND | Trailblazers shoot here |
| MACHETES | Trailblazer's tools |
| AFRIDI | Who won the Player of the Match award in the Women's T20 World Cup match between India and New Zealand? (6) |
| HEALY | The women's T20 World Cup's player of the final, Alyssa ... (5) |
| KINGS | California NBA team that isn't the Lakers or the Clippers |
| TAZMIN | Who scored the most runs for South Africa in the women's T20 series against India? (6) |
| FERNS | The current winner of the Women's T20 World Cup is also known as? (5,5) |
| WHITE | The current winner of the Women's T20 World Cup is also known as? (5,5) |
| VRINDARATHI | Who is the only Indian woman umpire to have officiated in the Women's T20 World Cup held recently? (6,5) |
| MANCHESTER | City where India faced Bangladesh in the Women's T20 World Cup. (10) |
