Across
- 3. Was less than remarkable in men's distance events
- 8. First-ever Irish world champion
- 10. Medalist prohibited from post-race interview
- 12. Not Nahim but the other mascot
- 16. Most decorated swimmer in Doha hails from here
- 17. 1 of 2 first-ever British world champions
- 19. From M.I.A. to silver for GBR
- 20. Number of world records broken in Doha
- 21. Honda's injury site
- 22. Medaled in all her events except the 100 free
- 23. 1 of 2 women to have swept back events at a Worlds
- 24. Crowd reaction to this Israeli medalist
Down
- 1. China's emotional celebrant
- 2. Raced in Doha but not in his 2023 gold event
- 4. Breakout Aussie backstroker
- 5. Doha represented the X edition of the World Championships
- 6. Oldest swimmer who raced this year
- 7. Lowered his own Oceanian 50 breast record
- 9. South Africa's lone medalist
- 11. Of the Polish twins, the one who was DQ'd
- 13. Name of the swimming venue
- 14. Last name of a pair of medal-winning sisters
- 15. Olympic champion who commentated for Japanese TV
- 18. Sjostrom's indiv Worlds medals overtook him