| TUFNELL | Former A Question Of Sport team captain, Phil _ (7) |
| PHIL | A Question of Sport team captain (4, 7) |
| WILLIE | First name of Mr Carson, former Question Of Sport team captain who took part in I'm A Celeb in 2011 (6) |
| MATTDAWSON | A Question of Sport team captain and former rugby player (4,6) |
| MATT | A Question of Sport team captain (4, 6) |
| DAWSON | A Question of Sport team captain (4, 6) |
| ALLY | Former footballer and A Question of Sport team captain, ---- Mccoist (4) |
| UGO | Question of Sport team captain and ex-rugby player, --- Monye (3) |
| EMLYN | Question Of Sport team captain, _ Hughes (5) |
| MANAGER | One in charge of sports team |
| CAPTAIN | Head of sports team, eg |
| SPECTOR | Record producer Phil ____ developed the "Wall of Sound" style of music production |
| REDMOND | Phil _; Creator of Grange Hill and Brookside (7) |
| BRISCOE | Phil ___, of the Golden Rod Feeder competition (*robs ice) (7) |
| SILVERS | Phil _, American comedy actor who played Sergeant Bilko in a 19505 sitcom named after him (7) |
| BOERSMA | Phil ___ , Middlesbrough attacker signed from Liverpool in 1975 (7) |
| DONAHUE | Phil ___, US talk show host married to actress Marlo Thomas (7) |
| VICKERY | Phil _, celebrity chef famed for his appearances on This Morning (7) |
| DUNSTER | Phil ___ Murder on the Orient Express actor who plays Jamie Tartt in the TV series Ted Lasso |
| LACROSSEFANS | Game attendees of sports team the Toronto Rock: 2 wds. |