| URU | Winner of the first World Cup: Abbr. |
| URUGUAY | Winner of the first World Cup |
| UURUUGUUAY | Winners of the first World Cup, 1930 |
| QATAR | Host of the first World Cup to start in November |
| ITAL | The U.S. tied them in the first round of the 2006 World Cup: Abbr. |
| ENG | Host and winner of the 1966 World Cup: Abbr. |
| USA | Nation that won the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup: Abbr. |
| REDSOX | Winner of the first World Series (as the "Americans") |
| WILLIAMSON | Noted for his descriptions of nature, the countryside and of the First World War, author of the A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight series and Tarka the Otter (10) |
| BOSOX | Winners of the first World Series, familiarly |
| GENERALHAIG | Ronald Reagan's first Secretary of State or the commander of the British Expeditionary Force during much of the First World War |
| VERDUN | City in the Meuse department of northeastern France, site of the longest and largest battle of the First World War (6) |
| YPRES | Nicknamed "Wipers" by British troops, Belgian town that was the site of three battles of the First World War including one during the Race to the Sea (5) |
| ASHE | Winner of the first ATP Player of the Year award |
| YOUNG | The winner of the first series of Pop Idol, Will _ (5) |
| WILL | _ Young, the winner of the first series of Pop Idol (4) |
| SOMME | The Battle of the _, major battle of the First World War (5) |
| REMEMBRANCEDAY | Anniversary of the end of the First World War (11,3) |
| 1914 | Year of the outbreak of the First World War |
| ELLATOONE | Lioness who scored her first World Cup goal against Australia in the 2023 semi-final |
