| AUDLEY | British former professional heavyweight boxer, _ Harrison (6) |
| NASEEM | _ Hamed, British former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2002 (6) |
| TYSON | British heavyweight boxer, _ Fury (5) |
| AMIR | _ Khan, British former professional boxer (4) |
| OGOGO | British former professional boxer (5) |
| LENNOX | Former professional boxer, _ Lewis (6) |
| PROTON | A little matter for the professional heavyweight (6) |
| VITALI | Former boxer ____ Klitschko is Kyiv’s current mayor |
| NICOLA | _ Adams, former professional boxer expecting a baby with her girlfriend (6) |
| VINNIE | ___ Jones, former professional footballer and Snatch actor (6) |
| SERENA | _ Williams, former professional tennis player like her sister Venus (6) |
| CROOKS | Garth _, football pundit and former professional player (6) |
| NORMAN | Former professional golfer nicknamed "The Great White Shark", Greg _ (6) |
| KAMARA | Chris ___, football analyst and former professional player, born in 1957 (6) |
| GEORGE | Beatle, ___ Harrison (6) |
| KELVIN | _ Harrison Jr, actor whose films include Waves and The Trial of the Chicago 7 (6) |
| LITTLE | Floyd ___ former professional footballer whose birthday is on Independence Day |
| DUBEKE | A former professional on Strictly Come Dancing, Anton _ _ (2,4) |
| YUMPIE | Unsupported rise for rally driver that is former professional youngster |
| JORDAN | Michael ___ former professional basketball player who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 |
