| FOWLER | Rickie _, American golfer who has been runner-up at three of the four Majors (6) |
| ARMOUR | Scot who won three of the four Majors (6) |
| PHIL | --- Mickelson, American golfer who has won six majors, including three Masters tournaments (4) |
| NELLY | US golfer who has been number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings, _ Korda (5) |
| LEE | Grammy winner Rickie ___ Jones |
| HOAD | Tennis great Lew who won three of the four majors in 1956 |
| SECONDBEST | Help NI footballer once to be runner-up? (6-4) |
| FIRST | Too good to be runner-up (5) |
| HAZMATSUIT | Cover-up at Three Mile Island? |
| TOGETHER | As one had got up at three, about (8) |
| SUDRAS | Members of the lowest of the four major Hindu castes of traditional Indian society |
| JABEUR | Tunisian tennis player who was the runner-up at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2022, Ons _ (6) |
| LEHMAN | Tom ___, American golfer who won the Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 1996 |
| WILSON | Kyren, snooker player who was runner-up at the 2025 Masters (6) |
| SPIETH | Jordan _, American golfer who is a three-time major winner (6) |
| CEDRIC | ____ Pioline, tennis player who was men's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1997 (6) |
| FURGOL | Ed ___, American golfer who won the 1954 US Open |
| TYRELL | British golfer who has played on three Ryder Cup teams, _ Hatton (6) |
| MARTIN | Men's singles runner-up at the 1999 US Open and 1994 Australian Open against Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras respectively (4,6) |
| FRANCE | Runner-up at the 2022 World Cup (6) |
