| CRISTIANORONALDO | The first player to score a hat-trick at the 2016 World Cup! (9, 7) |
| JPDUMINY | South African who took a hat trick at the 2015 World Cup (1,1,6) |
| CAVENDISH | Mark ......... , cyclist who won gold in the Madison at the 2016 World Championships (9) |
| BRETTLEE | Bowler who took the first hat trick at the T20 World Cup, doing so against Bangladesh (5,3) |
| GEOFFHURST | The only footballer to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final |
| GENERAL | No particular beggar this law officer! (9-7) |
| SOLICITOR | No particular beggar this law officer! (9-7) |
| DUNLOP | Joey ___, world champion motorcyclist from Northern Ireland who had three hat-tricks at the Isle of |
| DES | First name of angler getting hat-trick at Parkdean Masters (3) |
| FIFA | The organisation that organises the World Cup! (4) |
| RUSSIA | The country that hosted the 2018 World Cup! (6) |
| DREAM | Holds water back around about time Ireland won world cup! (5) |
| CLEVELANDINDIANS | They lost to the 1A in the 2016 World Series, and are now the team waiting the longest for their next win |
| KAMINDU | Who recently joined Sir Donald Bradman as the third-fastest player to reach 1000 Test runs and also became the first player to score a half-century or more in each of first eight Tests since debut? (7 |
| THORBURN | Nicknamed the Grinder, who was the first player to score a maximum break of 147 at the world snooker championships? (8) |
| KANE | Identify the surname of the cricketer who became the first player to score five centuries in-a-row at a single venue. (4) |
| NTAMACK | Emile ___, France rugby union wing; first player to score a try in the Heineken Cup (7) |
| DENNISAMISS | Former England and Warwickshire opening batsman who was the first player to score a century in the history of ODI cricket (6,5) |
| MARK | Identify the first name of this player who became the first player to score 50+ runs in T20IS for two different countries. (4) |
| STAPLETON | Which Irishman became in 1983 the first player to score for two different clubs in an FA Cup final? (9) |
