| CLEMENTS | Alex ___, won Under-23s Individual World Cup (2016) |
| ONEIL | Gary .'...., former Portsmouth player who is now the under 23s assistant coach at Liverpool (5) |
| FOUR | Number of times Bob Nudd has won Individual World Champs (4) |
| BROOME | David, 1970 show jumping individual world champion on Beethoven (6) |
| OLE | Mr. Olsen, 1975 individual world speedway champion (3) |
| HELEN | Ladies Individual World Champ in Serbia 2023 (*all-England, eh!) (5,7) |
| DAGNALL | Ladies Individual World Champ in Serbia 2023 (*all-England, eh!) (5,7) |
| CROATIA | Country of Mihael Pongrac, Individual World Freshwater Champ 2022 (7) |
| MICHAEL | Buchwalder, Individual World Feeder Champ 2024 (7) |
| DUFFY | Joshua _, U20 Individual World Champ 2023 (5) |
| NUDD | Bob ___, the first English angler to win four individual World Freshwater Angling Championships (4) |
| PLAID | What might be worn by Scottish 23s or Welsh 23s shortly (5) |
| CORRETJA | Alex ___, Spanish tennis player who won the ATP Tour World Championships in 1998 |
| HALES | Alex ____ replaced Jonny Bairstow in England’s 2022 T20 world cup squad |
| TESTTUBE | 23s turned up in support for driver - watch the reaction here! (4,4) |
| PAYDAY | Acceptable time for 23s? (3-3) |
| POTTER | Dawdle like a nerd after 23s (6) |
| REMEMBERED | One who belongs in the grass between 24 and 23s (10) |
| COCKANDBULL | Fanciful stories, probably from two adjacent 23s in Stony Stratford (4,3,4) |
| CLERICS | Men of the cloth train 23s (7) |
