| CONTROL | Be manager of |
| ADMINISTER | Be manager of plant, taking in daughter by car |
| STEVEBRUCE | Former Manchester United centre back who has been manager of Aston Villa since October 2016 |
| ANAGRAM | A German trained to be manager, for example (7) |
| MCGRAW | Hall of Fame manager of the New York Giants nicknamed "Little Napoleon" |
| DUSTYBAKER | Manager of the Cincinnati Reds as of October, 2007 |
| BOBLEMON | Yankees manager of the '70s between two Billy Martin stints and of the '80s between two Gene Michael |
| TORRE | Former Yankee manager who also served as player-manager of the Mets |
| MAITREDHOTEL | A head waiter; the front of house manager of a restaurant (6,6) |
| HANDLEBAR | What manager of pub must do presumably as part of a cycle |
| ORGANISER | Manager of revolutionary region as source of rumours (9) |
| ALEX | Former manager of Manchester United manager (4,8) |
| FERGUSON | Former manager of Manchester United manager (4,8) |
| ONEILL | Manager of the Republic of Ireland national football team (1'5) |
| THIERRYHENRY | Winner of 123 caps for France who became manager of AS Monaco in October (7,5) |
| JURGENKLOPP | Current manager of Liverpool FC, winners of the UEFA Champions League 2018-19 (6,5) |
| RITZ | Manager of the Savoy in collaboration with chef Auguste Escoffier who later founded his own chain of luxury hotels (4) |
| NAYSMITH | Gary ___, former Scottish international footballer appointed manager of Queen of the South in 2016 |
| HODGSON | Roy ___, football manager who took over as manager of his boyhood club, Crystal Palace, in 2017 |
| SAMALLARDYCE | Manager of Crystal Palace from December 2016 who holds the record for the shortest tenure as England football manager |
