| DENMARK | Team which qualified outright for the Euro 2020 knockouts despite losing its first two matches |
| SCOTLAND | Non-test playing nation which qualified for the 2007 T20 Cricket World Cup along with Kenya |
| AIRINTAKE | A train crashing into another vehicle losing its first engine part (3-6) |
| TAXATION | Cheers unknown country losing its first source of income (8) |
| EGRET | Regret losing its first waterbird (5) |
| MIAS | Lucien ___, captain of the France rugby union team that won the Five Nations outright for the first |
| UKRAINE | Team at Euro 2020 which has qualified for the knockouts for the first time |
| RUSSIA | Team that finished the Euro 2020 group stage in 4th place in its group despite winning one match-the only last-place team to do so |
| FINLAND | Two teams didn't make the qualification cut for all third-place teams in the Euro 2020 group stage. One was Slovakia. Which was the other? |
| TURKEY | Two teams ended the Euro 2020 group stage with zero wins. One was first-time participant North Macedonia. Which was the other? |
| VAR | Video Assistant Referee, as it is called in short; it will be used for the Euro Cup for the first time in 2021 |
| THU | Abbr. for a word also with abbrs. by its first two, or first four, or first five letters |
| CROATIA | Team playing in the Euro 2020 known as the 'Checkered Ones' |
| COPENHAGEN | The smallest of the Euro 2020 host venues, the Parken Stadium is located in this city |
| METS | M.L.B. team that played its first two seasons at the fabled Polo Grounds |
| ALCOA | Its first two letters are the chemical symbol for what it produces |
| BANK | It goes down much the same for the euro-dollar (4) |
| SEMIS | "Mess I" change for the two matches prior to finals ? (5) |
| HAYES | Winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election, despite losing the popular vote |
| ADAMS | Winner of the 1824 U.S. presidential election, despite losing the popular vote |
