| FRAN | - - - Cotton, one of the few men to have won a Lions series as both a player and a coach or administrator (4) |
| DESCHAMPS | Didier ---, footballer turned coach who has won the World Cup as both a player and a manager (9) |
| CURIA | Central church administ-ration in the Vatican (5) |
| OMNIBUS | Word, from "vehicle for all", for a coach or charabanc; or, an anthology, compendium or compilation of several works/programmes previously published or broadcast separately (7) |
| SEAISLAND | Kind of cotton - one's light blue to begin with |
| TCLOTH | Piece of plain cotton (1-5) |
| RONALDO | Brazilian footballer who is one of only two men to have won the FIFA Player of the Year award three times |
| GARYPLAYER | One of five men to have won all four of golf's major tournaments, the only non American (4,6) |
| AGASSI | Andre ---, one of only eight men to have won all four grand-slam singles titles |
| BACCARAT | Card game with a player and a banker |
| ANNEMARIE | Singer of the hit single 2002 and a coach on The Voice UK (4-5) |
| WILLIAM | Founding member of hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas and a coach on The Voice UK (4.1.2) |
| ABUSER | Attacker and a coach joining TV show (6) |
| SKIP | Uno card that bypasses a player, and a hint to letters 4-7 of 53-Across |
| RANSOME | Author of the Swallows and Amazons series as well as The Child's Book of the Seasons, The Things in our Garden and The Book of Friendship (7) |
| BERMUDA | In terms of population, which is the smallest nation to have won a medal at the summer Olympics? (7) |
| STEVEKERR | N.B.A. great with five championship rings as a player and three as a head coach |
| LOVELL | Jim ___, commander of Apollo 13, one of only three men to have flown to the moon twice (6) |
| HARICOTBEAN | Phaseolus vulgaris, the fruit seed of which is eaten as both a dried (baked) and green vegetable (7,4) |
| HERBALPERT | Only musician to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as both a vocalist and an instrumentalist |
