| MARTA | Female Brazilian footballer born in 1986 who is her country's top international goalscorer (5) |
| SINCLAIR | Canadian footballer and all-time leading international goalscorer; Olympic gold medallist in Tokyo (9,8) |
| CHRISTINE | Canadian footballer and all-time leading international goalscorer; Olympic gold medallist in Tokyo (9,8) |
| IANHISLOP | The editor of Private Eye magazine since 1986 who is also a team captain on Have I Got News For You (3,6) |
| ERMINE | Who determines who is her - precious one! (6) |
| JULIO | Spanish singer/songwriter and former professional footballer born in Madrid in 1943 (5,8) |
| EDGAR | ***** Davids, Dutch footballer born in 1973 in Suriname (5) |
| BORNE | Elisabeth _. French politician who served as her country's prime minister between May 2022 and January 2024 (5) |
| ALLEN | Mark, Northern Irish snooker player born in 1986 nicknamed The Pistol (5) |
| MOTIF | Pattern made of top international fabric primarily (5) |
| FRAUD | Married woman at forefront of her country's crime (5) |
| LEPEN | Marine, French politician who has run for her country's presidency three times (2,3) |
| ELLIE | Singer/songwriter born in 1986, ----- Goulding (5) |
| DRAKE | Canadian rapper born in 1986 (5) |
| DAVIDBECKHAM | Former footballer born in 1975 who is president of Inter Miami in Major League Soccer (5,7) |
| PELE | Brazilian footballer born Edson Arantes do Nascimento in 1940 (4) |
| SIRMATTBUSBY | Footballer born in Bellshill (1909) who had a long spell managing Manchester United (3,4,5) |
| DENISLAW | Scottish footballer born in 1940 who played for both Manchester clubs (5,3) |
| IGLESIAS | Spanish singer/songwriterand former professional footballer born in Madrid in 1943 (5,8) |
| ALANBRAZIL | Footballer born in Govan who played as forward for Ipswich Town (1976-83) (4,6) |
