| CURRAN | Hugh ___, Scottish former footballer (6) |
| SMILLIE | Carol ___, Scottish former TV presenter (7) |
| WEIR | Doddie _, Scottish former rugby union player who died in November (4) |
| ALANHANSEN | Scottish former footballer who captained Liverpool in the 1980s (4,6) |
| DALGLISH | Sir Kenny , Scottish former footballer and manager (8) |
| ALLY | ___ Mccoist, Scottish former footballer, manager and TV pundit (4) |
| MACARI | Lou --, Scottish former Manchester United footballer (6) |
| LAMONT | Norman --, Scottish former Conservative MP (6) |
| FERGIE | Nickname of Scottish former manager of Man Utd (6) |
| GRAEME | _ Souness, Scottish former football player and TV pundit (6) |
| ARSENE | Souness, Scottish former football player and TV pundit (6) |
| NICOLA | ___ Sturgeon, Scottish former politician who passed her driving test aged 53 (6) |
| HANSEN | Alan, Scottish former defender and TV football pundit born in 1955 (6) |
| CLOUGH | Arthur Hugh ___, poet whose works include 1865's Dipsychus (6) |
| HEFNER | Publisher who lives in a mansion with 'playmates', Hugh ___ (6) |
| LAURIE | Star of TV'S House, Hugh ___ (6) |
| DENNIS | Hugh ___ , Outnumbered actor (6) |
| VYVYAN | Hugh ___, former Newcastle and Saracens rugby union lock; 2004 England Test debutant against Canada |
| STEPHENHENDRY | Scottish former snooker professional and commentator who took part in Celebrity MasterChef in 2017 (7,6) |
| CHRISSMALL | Scottish former snooker player; 2002 LG Cup tournament winner |