| CARLI | and 50dn, American soccer player, the first ever to score three goals in a FIFA Women's World Cup final |
| LLOYD | see 1dn, American soccer player, the first ever to score three goals in a FIFA Women's World Cup final |
| HATS | They're thrown on the ice after a player scores three goals in a game |
| MEGAN | ___ Rapinoe American soccer player who led her team to victory in the FIFA Women's World Cup on 7th July 2019 |
| HATTRICK | Feat when a footballer scores three goals in a single match (3,5) |
| MARIAH | ___ Carey, singer and the first ever to be a good sport in CK (pictured bottom) (6) |
| ANDREAGASSI | American former tennis player; the first man to achieve a Career Golden Slam (5,6) |
| BERT | Ballplayer Campaneris who was the first ever to play all nine positions in a single game |
| ZAHEER | Former Pakistani cricketer who was the first batsman to score three consecutive centuries in one-day internationals (6,5) |
| ABBAS | Former Pakistani cricketer who was the first batsman to score three consecutive centuries in one-day internationals (6,5) |
| COLINMUNRO | South African-born NZ batsman, the first T20 international player to score three centuries (5,5) |
| LEWANDOWSKI | Only player from an eliminated team to score three or more goals during the Euro 2020 group stage |
| ZAHEERABBAS | Former Pakistani cricketer who was the first batsman to score three consecutive centuries in one-day internationals (6,5) |
| FILM | and 50dn, Cinematic term first applied to Hollywood movies by French critic Nino Frank in 1946 |
| YOUARENOTALONE | Michael Jackson song that was the first ever to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| UKELELE | One is played by a plucky sort from Neighbours - the first ever to be covered by women's magazine (7) |
| FADE | Golf shot that causes the ball to deviate to the right (or, for a left-handed player, the left) (4) |
| JONJO | and 50dn, Irish National Hunt racehorse trainer who was Champion Jockey in 1977-78 and 1979-80 |
| RARE | and 50dn, English progressive rock band, founded in 1969, best known for the song Sympathy |
| GLADYS | and 50dn, Singer who was backed by the Pips, at one stage featuring her brother and two cousins |