| TANDY | Bulldogs forward at centre of 2010 NRL betting scandal (5) |
| LAYNE | David ..... , 1960-62 Bradford City and 1962-64 Sheffield Wednesday striker involved in a 1964 betting scandal (5) |
| BS | Coached Sydney Roosters to 2010 NRL grand final, initials (2) |
| STRINGER | Western Bulldogs forward traded to the Dons in 2017, Jake ... (8) |
| HALL | Ex-Saints, Swans and Bulldogs forward, 'Big Bad' Barry ... (4) |
| SMITH | 1995-2014 England forward at Boston Breakers from 2009-2012 between spells at Arsenal Women (5,5) |
| KIEFT | Wim ..... , 1981-93 Holland forward at Bordeaux between spells at PSV (5) |
| TOSUN | Cenk ..... , Turkey forward at Everton from 2018-22 between spells at Besiktas (5) |
| ZIGIC | Nikola ..... , former Serbia forward at Birmingham 2010-15 (5) |
| IDEYE | Brown ..... , Nigeria and Tianjin TEDA forward at West Brom from 2014-15 (5) |
| WYLIE | Ex-Cats forward at Port Adelaide in 2020, ... Buzza (5) |
| ARONA | Cook Islands rugby league forward at Wakefield Trinity from 2016-22 (7,5) |
| GUEYE | Magaye ..... , French-born forward at Everton and Millwall in the 2010s (5) |
| SHOLA | ..... Ameobi, Nigerian forward at Notts County 2017-18 (5) |
| COLON | Pass forward at a certain mark (5) |
| THIEF | Taking one's time, no longer rush forward at first |
| LUNGE | Spring forward: - at him |
| SCRUM | Forwards at rugby union (5) |
| BAKER | Norman ---, former Liberal Democrat MP; a Minister of State in the coalition government of 2010-15 (5) |
| TUCCI | Star of 2010 supernatural film The Lovely Bones, Stanley ----- (5) |
