| ARJUN | This Indian recently breached the 2800 ELO rating. (5,8) |
| ERIGAISI | This Indian recently breached the 2800 ELO rating. (5,8) |
| ADHIBAN | He recently became the fifth Indian to cross the 2700-ELO rating mark. (7) |
| ELO | World chess champion Magnus Carlsen's is over 2800 |
| AESOP | Storyteller thought to have lived around 2800 years ago, but of whom almost nothing is known (5) |
| UWEHOHN | The only javelin thrower to have breached the 100-metre mark (3,4) |
| DAM | *Lex Luthor breached the Hoover ____ in "Superman" |
| UNIVERSITY | One short stanza breached the oneness of academia (10) |
| POINTSOFORDER | Complaints raised by members about House rules being breached (6,2,5) |
| NANDA | Identify the surname of this Indian athlete who won women's 200m gold in the 2016 South Asian Games, bronze at the 4x100m relay in the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and participated in the 200m in the 20 |
| KOHLI | Identify the surname of this Indian cricketer who won the Player of the Series award in the recently held ODI series against South Africa. (5) |
| HALWA | Distribution of this Indian sweet by the Finance Minister marks the last leg of the budget process |
| BUMRAH | Identify the surname of this Indian cricketer who recently joined a very select group of bowlers to have taken 100 international wickets in all three formats of the game. (6) |
| RUPAL | Identify the first name of this Indian athlete who won the 4x400m women's relay and 4x400m mixed relay golds and silver in 400m at the 2025 Asian Athletic Championships in Gumi, in May 2025. (5) |
| RUPEE | The image of Mahatma Gandhi appears on the banknotes of this Indian currency |
| MALDIVES | Consisting of a group of atolls, this Indian Ocean republic is the flattest country in the world |
| TAMILNADU | The Brihadishwara Temple is situated in the Thanjavur district of this Indian state (5,4) |
| RIVER | According to this Indian proverb if you're going to live by this body of water, make friends with the crocodile! |
| PRIYANK | What is the first name of this Indian domestic legend from Gujarat who announced his retirement recently? (7) |
| SIRAJ | This Indian pacer turned a catch into a six by stepping over the boundary in the 5th Test vs England.(first name) (5) |
