| SUPER | ___ Bowl MVP (award last won by Cooper Kupp) |
| DECORATED | Given award last month, getting harangued afterwards (9) |
| VIOLADAVIS | She received the Cecil B. DeMille Award last night at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards |
| TOMBRADY | He won his 5th Super Bowl MVP award (3.5) |
| RAYLEWIS | The first linebacker to win the Super Bowl MVP Award on the winning Super Bowl team |
| NICKFOLES | Eagles backup QB who was the unexpected winner of the 2018 Super Bowl MVP Award: 2 wds. |
| GLOSSARY | Word list misplacement admitted by Cooper (8) |
| HOMESECRETARY | Post held by Cooper, May, Straw, Morrison (4,9) |
| YORK | Sergeant played by Cooper |
| ELI | Manning who won two Super Bowl MVP awards |
| NORTHERNRAILCUP | Rugby League competition last won by Leigh Centurions in 2013 |
| WORLD | ..... Cup, quadrennial FIFA tournament last won by Argentina (5) |
| EUROS | Informal name for the football tournament last won by Spain in 2024 (5) |
| AMERICAS | The ... Cup is a sailing trophy last won by the yacht Alinghi in 2003 (8) |
| FEDCUP | Premier international women's tennis team competition, last won by the Czech Republic in 2016 (3,3) |
| EBOR | ? Handicap, flat race run at York in August last won by Nakeeta in 2017 (4) |
| FED | ? Cup, premier international women's tennis team competition, last won by the United States in 2017 (3) |
| DAVISCUP | Annual international team event in men's tennis last won by Britain in 2015 (5,3) |
| SUPERBOWL | Main championship game of the NFL, last won by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in February (5,4) |
| DASH | 100 yard ...., 1930-66 Commonwealth Games individual athletics event last won by Harry Jerome and Dianne Burge respectively (4) |
