| NOTONE | "- - - Australian would get into the England team right now," said Danny Cipriani in 2015 (3,3) |
| KERROD | Simon - - - , Harlequins prop called into the England squad in 2020 (6) |
| MCCORD | Actress said to be dating Danny Cipriani, AnnaLynne _ (6) |
| BELLINI | Prosecco and peach puree cocktail invented by Italian bartender Giuseppe Cipriani in 1948 (7) |
| LIKED | Danny Cipriani says he wasn't - - - by a clique of England team-mates (5) |
| HIDEOUS | I would get into derelict house that's horrible |
| BADHABITS | No self-respecting monastics would get into them! (3,6) |
| NEUTRINO | Subatomic particle, now said to travel faster than light (8) |
| SNOWDONIA | Part of Wales now said No to it (9) |
| MIDNIGHT | 12 flipping thick, Lewis Hamilton now said (8) |
| ELIXIR | Eli gets the cricket team right into a tonic (6) |
| SANCHO | Jadon, winger who made his debut for the senior England team in 2018 (6) |
| SOCCER | ___ Aid, celebrity/pro football match for charity started by 8A, where a star-studded England team take on the Rest Of The World (6) |
| GEORGE | Brandon ___, in England team for U-25 World Champs 2025 (6) |
| RASHID | Adil ____ is a bowler in the Yorkshire and England teams |
| RAHEEM | Former England team-mate of Harry Kane, _ Sterling (6) |
| CHRISJORDAN | Barbados-born bowler who was a member of the England team that won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in 2022 (5,6) |
| MOORE | Captain of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup (5) |
| GORDONBANKS | Goalkeeper of the England team that won the 1966 football World Cup (6,5) |
| OLLIE | Cricketer who plays for the England team and Surrey County Cricket Club, _ Pope (5) |
