| OBANO | Beno ?, Bath Rugby prop; cousin of England lock Maro Itoje |
| ARSCOTT | Luke ?, Bath Rugby fullback whose former clubs include Exeter Chiefs (7) |
| BIRTHDAYSUIT | Awfully dirty? Bath is useful at outset - in this? |
| MANE | Lion's locks Maro, Alun not even in starting line-up (4) |
| UNION | Rugby ....., sport of Maro Itoje (5) |
| SARACENS | English rugby union club captained by Maro Itoje (8) |
| ACTING | Eddie Jones sent Maro Itoje to - - - classes to improve his leadership (6) |
| KENYA | Maro Itoje would like this country to stage a World Cup, as he told RW (5) |
| UBOGU | Victor ....., 1992-99 England and 1997-2000 Bath Rugby prop (5) |
| BENO | Bath Rugby prop, 2021 England Test debutant against Scotland (4) |
| VICTOR | 1992-99 England and 1997-2000 Bath Rugby prop (6) |
| DARCY | Scotland, Edinburgh Rugby, 2013-2021 Glasgow Warriors and 2021-2023 Bath Rugby prop (1'4) |
| RAE | Scotland, Edinburgh Rugby, 2013-2021 Glasgow Warriors and 2021-2023 Bath Rugby prop (3) |
| BEECH | Charlie ..... , 2011-14 Bath Rugby prop (5) |
| EASTER | Nick ...... , 2007-15 England lock/ No. 8; Chinnor RFC First XV Director of Rugby (6) |
| ITOJE | Maro, rugby union player who plays as a lock for Saracens and England (5) |
| RICHTERSCALE | Beno Gutenberg co-invented this measure of magnitude (7,5) |
| ARCHER | Garath - - - , former England lock who played against Tonga and Fiji at RWC 1999 (6) |
| GREWCOCK | England lock suspended for biting Keven Mealamu's finger, Danny ... (8) |
| GALLIGAN | England lock Rosie - - - missed the Six Nations due to a hamstring injury (8) |