| SWEDE | Bridge player married opponent, B. Napus (5) |
| ANDRE | And 7D Retired tennis player married to Steffi Graf (5,6) |
| MYLES | Former Australia rugby league player married to actress Tessa James (5) |
| WAYNE | Football manager and former player, married to Coleen (5,6) |
| DAVID | Soccer player married to Posh Spice, ... Beckham |
| AGASSI | Retired tennis player married to Steffi Graf (5,6) |
| ROONEY | Football manager and former player, married to Coleen (5,6) |
| GRAF | Steffi _, former tennis player married to Andre Agassi (4) |
| NATE | Former Australia rugby league player married to actress Tessa James (4) |
| DIMAGGIO | Joe -, US baseball player married to Marilyn Monroe from 1954-55 |
| TINDALL | English ex-rugby player married to Zara Phillips, Mike ------- (7) |
| RAPEOIL | Product of Brassica napus |
| OILSEED | '___ rape', the yellow-flowered crop Brassica napus (7) |
| RAPE | Eurasian plant, Brassica napus, whose seeds yield a valuable oil (4) |
| JOE | US baseball player married to Marilyn Monroe from 1954-55 (3,8) |
| RAPESEEDOIL | Viscus product of Brassica napus, a brightyellow flowering member of the cabbage family (8,3) |
| NEEP | Dialect term for a turnip, derived from its Latin name napus (4) |
| SPAWN | Produce bridge player to take part in bridge (5) |
| LEAST | Smallest amount learner's put down with bridge player (5) |
| EVENT | Bridge player opening tournament (5) |
