| MCDERMOTT | Zara _, fifth to be eliminated from this year's Strictly (9) |
| RAVIOLI | Pasta recipe, the fifth to be covered in garlic mayonnaise (7) |
| CRACKNELL | James _, first to be eliminated from this year's Strictly (9) |
| NINAWADIA | First to be eliminated from this year's Strictly Come Dancing competition (4,5) |
| LESDENNIS | First contestant to be eliminated from this year's Strictly (3,6) |
| NINA | First to be eliminated from this year's Strictly competition (4,5) |
| WADIA | First to be eliminated from this year's Strictly competition (4,5) |
| DENNIS | First contestant to be eliminated from this year's Strictly (6) |
| LES | First contestant to be eliminated from this year's Strictly (3) |
| BUTTERCUP | Insect's fifth to penetrate flatter flower (9) |
| AUSTRALIA | Only Test playing team other than Bangladesh to be eliminated in the preliminary league stage |
| SLIPUPS | Mistakes to be eliminated from populists' schemes (4-3) |
| FASHANU | First star to be eliminated from Dancing On Ice 2023 (4,7) |
| JOHN | First star to be eliminated from Dancing On Ice 2023 (4,7) |
| KNOCKEDOUT | Stunned to be eliminated from the competition (7,3) |
| HEALEY | Chelsee _, first to be eliminated from Dancing On Ice 2025 (6) |
| CHELSEE | First celebrity to be eliminated from Dancing On Ice 2025, _ Healey (7) |
| CONSTANTINE | Fashion journalist who was the first celebrity to be eliminated on this year's Strictly Come Dancing (8,11) (see 22A) |
| SUSANNAH | Fashion journalist who was the first celebrity to be eliminated on this year's Strictly Come Dancing (8,11) (see 29D) |
| DEAN | Tom _, Olympian who was first to leave this year's Strictly line-up (4) |
