| NADIACOMANECI | First gymnast to score a perfect 10.0 at the Olympics |
| NADIA | Young Romanian who became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10, ... Comaneci |
| COMANECI | Romania-born athlete who, at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, became first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 (8) |
| PERFECT | Word describing a paragon diamond or, formerly, a score of 10.0 for a routine in artistic gymnastics (7) |
| BETHTWEDDLE | Great Britain's first female gymnast to win medals at the European and World Championships and the Olympic Games |
| BILES | First American gymnast to win a World Medal at every event |
| THORBURN | Nicknamed the Grinder, who was the first player to score a maximum break of 147 at the world snooker championships? (8) |
| ANO | ...while - - - Kuwai was the first Japan player to score a try at the Olympics (3) |
| KAMINDU | Who recently joined Sir Donald Bradman as the third-fastest player to reach 1000 Test runs and also became the first player to score a half-century or more in each of first eight Tests since debut? (7 |
| DONTGETMADGETELEVEN | Advice after one's rival scores a perfect ten? |
| CRASHMAT | A thick mattress used by athletes and gymnasts to absorb the impact of landing (5,3) |
| GAYLE | First batsman to score a 100 at the T20 Cricket World Cup, albeit in a losing cause |
| CRISTIANORONALDO | The first player to score a hat-trick at the 2016 World Cup! (9, 7) |
| ELLEN | Former Lioness who was the the first woman to score a goal at Soccer Aid, _ White (5) |
| PERIMETER | Take time to peer to the right if you want to score a boundary |
| BACKFLIPS | Easy things for good gymnasts to do |
| ASSIST | This is attributed to a basketball player whose pass leads a teammate to score a basket. (6) |
| MILLA | Who is the oldest player to score a goal at the World Cup finals? (5) |
| NET | It's what a basketball has to go through for a player to score a point |
| MARNUS | Who was the player to score a half-century, take three wickets and hold on to four catches in an ODI in the recently held series between England and Australia? (6) |
