| IAN | Former England Test cricketer nicknamed 'Beefy' (3,6) |
| BOTHAM | Former England Test cricketer nicknamed 'Beefy' (3,6) |
| IANBOTHAM | Former cricketer nicknamed Beefy (3,6) |
| IB | Celebrated England cricketer nicknamed "Beefy", initials (2) |
| ARNOLD | Geoff ...... , former Surrey and England Test cricketer nicknamed Horse (6) |
| UDAL | 2005-06 England Test cricketer nicknamed Shaggy (5,4) |
| MERV | ...... Hughes, former Australia Test cricketer nicknamed Fruitfly who took over 200 Test wickets (4) |
| PLUM | Nickname of former England Test cricketer Pelham Warner |
| LAMB | South African-born former England Test cricketer (4) |
| ALLAN | South African-born former England Test cricketer (5) |
| DRAVID | R, India Test cricketer nicknamed 'The Wall' (6) |
| GARNER | 1977-87 West Indies Test cricketer nicknamed 'Big Bird' (6) |
| JOEL | 1977-87 West Indies Test cricketer nicknamed 'Big Bird' (4) |
| WILLEY | Peter, former England Test cricketer appointed to the International Panel of umpires in 1996 (6) |
| BRIANCLOSE | Former England Test cricketer whose autobiography is entitled I Don't Bruise Easily (5,5) |
| KIRTLEY | James ....... , former England Test cricketer who took 6-34 against South Africa at Nottingham in 2003 (7) |
| DARREN | ...... Gough, former England Test cricketer who won the 2005 BBC reality show Strictly Come Dancing (6) |
| REEVE | Dermot, former England Test cricketer born in Hong Kong in 1963 (5) |
| SHAUN | Former England, Middlesex and Hampshire cricketer nicknamed Shaggy (5,4) |
| RANDALL | Derek ___, former England cricketer nicknamed "Arkle" |
