| JACKRUSSELL | English cricketer who kept wicket for the national side from 1988 to 1998 (4,7) |
| GROUT | Wally --, cricketer who kept wicket for Australia between 1957 and 1966 (5) |
| BELLINGHAM | Jude, English midfielder who made his debut for the national side in 2020 at the age of 17 (10) |
| HALEANDPACE | English comedy double-act who starred in a self-titled ITV sketch show from 1988 to 1998 (4,3,4) |
| MURPHYBROWN | CBS TV character with a colorful last name played by Candice Bergen from 1988 to 1998 and 2018 to 2019: 2 wds. |
| AKRAM | Wasim, Pakistan bowler who captained the national side from 1993-2000 (5) |
| SCALONI | Lionel ....... , 2003-06 Argentina defender, manager of the national side from 2018 (7) |
| LIPENG | Chinese Communist politician; prime minister from 1988 to 1998 and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1998 to 2003 (2,4) |
| CLAPPEDOUT | Tired as Bradman was on coming to the wicket for the last time? |
| KNOTTY | Like Gordius, who once kept wicket for England? (6) |
| SWEEP | First wicket for the opener with a bold stroke (5) |
| ELLENBARKIN | US actress married to Irish actor Gabriel Byrne from 1988 to 1999 (5,6) |
| STUARTBROAD | English cricketer who took his 400th Test wicket against New Zealand in March 2018 |
| JORDAN | Michael ___ basketball player who won the MVP 5 times between 1988 to 1998 |
| EDNADORE | English actress who played Mo Butcher in EastEnders from 1988 to 1990 |
| BERGEN | Candice of 1988 to 1998 comedy "Murphy brown" |
| FRED | Australian fast bowler ... Spofforth was the reason for the Ashes trophy. His seven wickets for 24 prompted the press to lament the death of English cricket |
| CRAIGBELLAMY | Footballer who was the captain of the Welsh national side for four years after taking over from Ryan Giggs in 2007 |
| ROONEY | Wayne, English ex-striker who is the record scorer for his national side with 53 goals (6) |
| RANDYJOHNSON | MLB pitcher nicknamed The Big Unit who had 4 875 career strikeouts from 1988 to 2009 (only Nolan Ryan had more): 2 wds. |
