| RICKY | Head coach of Delhi and a former World Cup winning captain for Australia (first name only) |
| NOIDA | A satellite city of Delhi and a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) |
| AMRE | Batting coach of Delhi for the 2021 IPL, this former Indian batsman is known for his century on Test debut against South Africa in 1992 |
| DIAGRAM | Plan to join outskirts of Delhi and another part of India with motorway |
| PODBORSKI | Steve --, Canadian former World Cup and Olympic downhill ski racer (9) |
| PELE | Former World Cup star |
| CORGI | Welsh "dwarf dog" whose name is shared by a brand of fine socks with a royal warrant, a range of die-cast toys and a former gas safety register (5) |
| IRENE | This chemist and her husband received the 1935 Nobel Prize for their discovery of artificial radioactivity; she is also the daughter of the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (first name only) |
| KEATING | Surname shared by a former member of Irish band Boyzone and a former Australian PM (7) |
| ELEANOR | A Beatles song, and a former First Lady of the US (7) |
| SAMMY | West Indian all-rounder and two-time T20I World Cup winning captain, who captained SRH in 2014 |
| EUBANK | Chris, boxer nicknamed 'Next Gen', born in 1989 and son of a former world champion boxer (6) |
| MARILYN | Screen name of actress Norma Jean Mortenson, who won the Golden Globe for Best Actress for her work in Some Like It Hot (first name only) (7) |
| TIGER | This son of a Bollywood actor made his debut with Heropanti (2014) and is known for his dancing chops (first name only) |
| YUVRAJ | Inaugural captain of the Kings, he also took two hat tricks for them in the 2009 IPL (first name only) |
| ROBIN | Swashbuckling lead character from a 1938 film who leads a band of merry men (first name only) (5) |
| WANGARI | Kenyan environmental and social activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (first name only) |
| HATTIE | First African American winner of an Academy Award, won for her role in Gone with the Wind (first name only) |
| WILSON | Ricky, lead vocalist of Kaiser Chiefs and a former coach on The Voice UK (6) |
| ROBERTSON | Surname shared by the deputy PM and a former All Black, now a coach (9) |
