| ALASDAIR | -- Milne, Director-General of the BBC between 1982 and 1987 (8) |
| ADIE | Kate _. Chief News Correspondent for the BBC between 1989 and 2003 (4) |
| MAGIC | Earvin ..... Johnson, 1980, 1982 and 1987 NBA MVP (5) |
| GREGDYKE | Director-General of the BBC 2000-04 and chairman of the Football Association 2013-16 (4,4) |
| TIMDAVIE | Director-General of the BBC appointed in 2020 (3,5) |
| JOHNBIRT | Director general of the BBC 1992-2000 (4,4) |
| ALUNEVANS | General secretary of the Football Association of Wales between 1982 and 1995 (4,5) |
| COKEISIT | Pop slogan of 1982, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| HONDURAS | CONCACAF team in the 1982 and 2010 World Cup Finals (8) |
| KOHL | Surname of German Chancellor between 1982 and 1998 (4) |
| PEETE | He won nine PGA TOUR events between 1982 and 1985 |
| IMRANKHAN | Cricketer who captained Pakistan 48 times between 1982 and 1992 (5,4) |
| SIERRA | Ford car model produced between 1982 and 1993 |
| ANDYBEAN | US golfer; 1977, 1982 and 1986 Doral-Eastern Open tournament winner |
| NEWSNIGHT | Current affairs programme that caused the resignation of George Entwistle as Director-General of the BBC |
| REITH | John, first general manager then first director general of the BBC (5) |
| MILNE | Alasdair ?, Director-General of the BBC from 1982-87 (5) |
| JOHN | And 7dn Scot who was first Director-General of the BBC, in 1927 (4,5) |
| GREG | ___ Dyke, former director-general of the BBC (4) |
| DYKE | Greg ___, Director-General of the BBC who resigned in 2004 (4) |
