| ESPN | "College Football Final" channel |
| LINEN | Material from final Channel Nine broadcast (5) |
| MATCH | Football final |
| SUPERBOWL | US football final |
| MANIA | Madness when Asian capital loses football final (5) |
| INFLATABLE | Maybe football final played on schedule (10) |
| GLOAT | Best encapsulates football's final glory (5) |
| NEWYORK | Where did the 1947 All-Ireland gaelic football final take place? (3,4) |
| REFERENDUM | Official in football final beset by hesitations making big decision? |
| DEPAOR | Sean Og .. ...., Galway half back who won an All Ireland football final winner's medals in 1998 and 2001 (2,4) |
| OLLIE | ..... Murphy, Meath corner forward who won All Ireland football final winner's medals in 1996 and in 1999 (5) |
| CAHALANE | Niall ........, Cork corner or full back who won All Ireland football final winners medals in 1989 and 1990 (8) |
| BOYLE | Tony ....., Donegal full forward who won an All-Ireland football final winner's medal in 1992 (5) |
| SILKE | Half back who captained Galway's 1998 All-Ireland football final-winning team (5) |
| COYLE | Colm ....., Meath half back who won an All-Ireland football final winner's medal in 1996 (5) |
| ANTON | O'Toole, Dublin corner or half forward who won his fourth All-Ireland football final winner's medal in 1983 (5) |
| LISTON | Eoin ......, Kerry full forward who won his sixth All Ireland football final winner's medal in 1986 (6) |
| DONAL | ..... Reid, Donegal half back who won an All Ireland football final winner's medal in 1992 (5) |
| LYNCH | Paudie ....., Kerry midfield, half or corner back who won his fifth All Ireland football final winner's medal in 1981 (5) |
| DOWN | Team Paddy O'Rourke captained to win an All Ireland football final in 1991 (4) |
