Across
- 3. was the last standing former winner (6th place)
- 5. was seen as her tribe’s weakest member (18th place)
- 8. they did well in the pre-merge, but at the post-merge they were deemed too big of a threat (8th place)
- 10. as a former winner, she was seen as a threat (12th place)
- 13. did well his first three seasons, but found himself blindsided early on this time (16th place)
- 14. made it to the merge, but was eliminated in a rock draw (9th place)
- 17. she was too competitive, resulting in her new tribe voting her out (10th place)
- 18. after the tribe dissolve, she ended up on the outs of her new tribe very quickly (13th place)
Down
- 1. proved to be a strong physical threat again, but just fell short (5th place)
- 2. went from being the antisocial weak ones to strategic masterminds (2nd place)
- 4. despite being very powerful his first two times playing, his horrible reputation cost him this time around (17th place)
- 6. was voted out at the end as the other two remaining contestants had fallen in love (3rd place)
- 7. despite being a weaker member of her tribe, she proved herself worthy and made it far into the game (4th place)
- 9. had an extremely well balanced game, ultimately winning both the game and the heart of the runners-up (1st place)
- 11. after trying to target one of the new members, the tables were turned around and she was eliminated instead (14th place)
- 12. his psychopathic nature scared his tribe too much (11th place)
- 15. after losing immunity at the final 7, the rest of the tribe voted her off (7th place)
- 16. his controversial statements about women alienated him from the tribe (15th place)