| STINGERS | Wasps'weapons (8) |
| STING | A wasp's weapon (5) |
| STINGER | Wasp's weapon |
| MCINTYRE | Simon ........ , 2011-21 Wasps prop (8) |
| VESPIARY | Nest of wasps or hornets (8) |
| GOPPERTH | Jimmy ___, Leinster Rugby fly-half set to join Wasps next season (8) |
| CIPRIANI | Danny ?, Wasps and former Sale Sharks rugby union fly-half; 2008 England Test debutant against Wales (8) |
| STINGIER | Less generous member of Wasps, say, inspires one (8) |
| SCOOTERS | Motorbikes such as the Vespa types named after wasps; foot-propelled toys; or, any light vehicles for travelling swiftly over ice, snow or water (8) |
| ODENDAAL | Northampton Saints, 2022-23 Wasps and 2023 Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo centre (6,8) |
| EASTMOND | Halifax Panthers coach appointed in October; former St Helens, Bath Rugby, Wasps and Leicester dual code centre (4,8) |
| ONASANYA | Sale Sharks prop; 2022 debutant against Wasps (4,8) |
| TOASTING | Celebrating where wasp's abdomen tapers? (8) |
| WINGLESS | Like male fig wasps |
| SIDEROAD | Wasps, perhaps, stick round a minor route |
| SAMSPINK | Wasps centre tones pink mass... (3,5) |
| ALEXKING | Former England fly-half who was the leading Zurich Premiership points scorer in 2003 when at Wasps |
| JONUFTON | Rugby union full-back at London Wasps from 1997-2000 |
| SWAPNEWS | Exchange gossip about wasps, covering latest (4,4) |
| AUCKLAND | In his classic April Fools' Day joke, broadcaster Phil Shone had people across this city on the lookout for a mile-wide swarm of wasps |
