| AUSTONMATTHEWS | Toronto Maple Leafs center who is on the cover of the video game NHL 22: 2 wds. |
| PATRICKMAHOMES | Kansas City Chiefs quarterback who is on the cover of the video game Madden NFL 22: 2 wds. |
| LEO | Toronto Maple Leafs centre Mr. Komarov |
| MATS | Maple Leafs center Sundin |
| FACE | Classic Video Game, "NHL ___ Off" |
| SHOHEI | With 38-Across Los Angeles Angels pitcher/outfielder who is on the cover of the video game MLB: The Show 22 |
| THEOFLEURY | Oxbow, Sask., native who racked up just over a point per game in 1,084-game NHL career |
| MIDRIB | Leaf's centre |
| TREE | 'And the leaves of the ___ were for the healing of the nations' (Revelation 22: 2) (4) |
| CANON | Member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral (5) |
| JOSEPHHELLER | Author of the classic 1961 World War II novel "Catch-22": 2 wds. |
| PATRICKEWING | Former Knicks center who is the team's all-time leader in points rebounds blocks and steals: 2 wds. |
| HAKEEMOLAJUWON | Former Rockets center who is the team's all-time leader in points rebounds blocks and steals: 2 wds. |
| BERNADETTHATAR | Former Washington Mystics center who is the third tallest WNBA player ever, at 6'10": 2 wds. |
| BRITTNEYGRINER | Atlanta Dream center who is currently the tallest WNBA player (and fourth tallest in history), at 6'9": 2 wds. |
| BILLIEEILISH | Songwriter who won her second Oscar, for a song from 2023's Barbie, at age 22: 2 wds |
| ELLIE | Female protagonist of the video game The Last of Us |
| SHERRY | Drink for the girl who is on the right lines |
| NIGHTWORKER | Subtle regrowth of kin who is on the late shift (5,6) |
| NGATA | Influential Maori leader Sir Apirana ___, 1874-1950, who is on the $50 note (5) |
