| KIRSTY | _ Wark, hosts BBC2's Newsnight (6) |
| TAYLOR | Worcs all-rounder who took 6-28 against Warks in the 2024 County Championship in Worcester (3,6) |
| STAFFS | County bordering Warks (6) |
| CHOPRA | Varun ___, Essex-born cricketer at Warks from 2010-16 (6) |
| JUDITH | One of BBC2's Eggheads, _ Keppel (6) |
| TUNNEL | Warks. venue of Daiwa Pole Fishing Masters 2019 (*blunt RAF manner) (6,4,4) |
| BLYTHE | Barston Lakes, Warks. has a stretch of this river (*Hey! BLT!) (6) |
| BAMBER | Middlesex bowler who took 5-20 and 4-71 against Warks in the 2023 County Championship at Edgbaston (6) |
| DARREN | Former Leics and Warks all-rounder; 1999 England Test cricket debutant against New Zealand at the Oval (6) |
| JEREMY | Former presenter of Newsnight and now of University Challenge (6,6) |
| PAXMAN | Former Newsnight journalist, Jeremy _ (6) |
| NEEDING | Wark, Newsnight presenter (6) |
| POLLEN | Election coverage ends when Newsnight begins? It could get up your nose (6) |
| TOM | Worcs all-rounder who took 6-28 against Warks in the 2024 County Championship in Worcester (3,6) |
| NEWSNIGHT | Current-affairs programme with Kirsty Wark (9) |
| HUGHESGAMES | Martin -, former presenter of BBC2's Springwatch (6-5) |
| PAST | Dad's short road - Kirsty Wark had one foot in it! (4) |
| FARM | Warks. venue of Daiwa Pole Fishing Masters 2019 (*blunt RAF manner) (6,4,4) |
| BARN | Warks. venue of Daiwa Pole Fishing Masters 2019 (*blunt RAF manner) (6,4,4)) |
| ARDEN | Warks. six-lake day-ticket venue (*sank leader) (5,5) |
