| MEGANTHEE | With 28-Across, rapper who recently announced her Hot Girl Summer tour |
| KANYEWEST | Rapper who recently announced his intention to run for US president (5,4) |
| SNOOP | Rapper who recently changed his last name to Lion |
| LIL | With 6-Across, rapper with the 2008 #1 hit "Lollipop" |
| TEST | Leads the endless summer tour to Japan playing New Zealand, for example (4) |
| BROTHERHOOD | Her hot brood made a close-knit group |
| FOUL | Christie writing order to fold summer tour. (6,4,4) |
| MURDERMOST | Christie writing order to fold summer tour. (6,4,4) |
| MOTHERHOOD | Disposition to admit her hot condition was maternity (10) |
| POSSIBLES | Wales staged a Probables v - - - trial match ahead of their 2014 summer tour to South Africa (9) |
| VENUSWILLIAMS | She had to swap out her hot pink sports bra midmatch at Wimbledon in 2017, as it violated the tournament's all-white dress code |
| TIN | With 36 Across, rapper's woe |
| GINA | "Firefly" actress Torres who recently announced her separation from husband Laurence Fishburne |
| MAY | British prime minister who recently announced her resignation |
| ELLIE | British gymnast who recently announced her retirement at the age of 23, _ Downie (5) |
| RAY | ___gun (Australian breakdancer who recently announced her retirement) |
| TORIES | EastEnders star who recently announced her departure from the soap (5,6) |
| TURNER | EastEnders star who recently announced her departure from the soap (5,6) |
| LACEY | EastEnders star who recently announced her departure from the soap (5,6) |
| EARPS | Lioness who recently announced her retirement from international football (4,5) |
