| KAMARA | Chris _, footballer-turned Sky Sports host (6) |
| BLUED | Turned sky-coloured; squandered |
| STELLING | Jeff _, Sky Sports host who briefly chaired Countdown (8) |
| REZA | Sky Sports host, _ Shah (4) |
| OATLEY | Jacqui ------, Sky Sports football commentator (6) |
| VINNIE | Footballer turned Hollywood actor, ------ Jones (6) |
| CROUCH | Footballer-turned-tv presenter and judge The Masked Dancer, Peter - - - (6) |
| GUMBEL | "Real Sports" host Bryant |
| SWEARS | Head of Sky Sports making promises |
| AFFAIR | Happening just after footballers turned up (6) |
| WRIGHT | Ian __, footballer and television presenter (6) |
| BAGGIO | Roberto ___, footballer who won the 1993 Ballon d'Or (6) |
| LESAUX | Graeme ____, footballer who made 36 appearances for England |
| ROONEY | Wayne ___, footballer |
| CHOPRA | Michael ___, footballer who was the first player of Indian parentage to play and score in the Premier League |
| PANDEV | Goran ___, footballer who in 2021 became the first Macedonian to score 100 goals in one of the top five European football leagues |
| CHRIS | Sky Sports presenter who made a cameo appearance in Emmerdale (5,6) |
| MIKEGIBSON | Original Nine's Wide World of Sports host who died in 2015 (4.6) |
| IANWRIGHT | 1980s/90s footballer turned Match of the Day pundit (3,6) |
| KEVIN | ___ Kilbane, footballer turned pundit - turned ice dancer? (5) |
