| CHEPAUK | Venue where Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Chennai Super Kings by a 50-run margin in the IPL 2025 season opener on March 28. (7) |
| PUNJAB | Team that defeated Chennai Super Kings in the recent IPL match, eliminating them from the playoffs. (6) |
| HALFCENTURY | Batsman's score of 50 runs (4-7) |
| NIXON | Who lost to Kennedy by a tiny margin in the 1960 presidential elections? (5) |
| EDGE | Margin in the middle of an accounts book (4) |
| MAGNACARTA | The first document forced onto an English king by a group of his subjects |
| KABBALA | King by a British lake establishing mystical tradition (7) |
| CATHERINEDEMEDICI | Mother of three French kings, by corrupt deceit I am enriched |
| CRIMSON | Fraud kept margins in the red (7) |
| DEKKER | German article about kings by English writer (6) |
| GRATIS | Old king by a junction is free (6) |
| MALCOLMX | King's "by any means necessary" ideological foil (7,1) |
| WANKHEDE | Stadium where Rohit Sharma won his 20th Player of the Match award in the IPL during Mumbai Indians' victory over Chennai Super Kings. (8) |
| MAXWELL | Explosive batter who helped steer the Kings to the IPL final in 2014, he is playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2021 |
| TANVIR | Leading wicket taker in the Royals' 2008 title run. He took 6-14 in an innings in 2008, a record for best innings bowling in the IPL which stood until 2019. |
| SHARDUL | Who went unsold in the IPL auction held last year but was selected at the start of the IPL-18 by Lucknow Super Giants team as replacement for the injured Mohsin Khan? (7) |
| PRIYANSH | Young opener who scored a breathtaking maiden IPL century for Punjab Kings against Chennai Super Kings.(First Name) (8) |
| CHAHAL | Bowler who took a stunning hat-trick against Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025.(Last Name) (6) |
| PATIDAR | RCB batter who scored an unbeaten 112 off 54 balls in the IPL 2022 Eliminator, becoming the first uncapped player to hit a century in the playoffs.(Last Name) (7) |
| CHARGERS | Team from the Deccan which beat RCB in the IPL final in 2009 in South Africa |
