| SKYBLUE | Colour of home shirts worn by Manchester City and Coventry City |
| STRIPES | Persist developing features of Brentford's home shirts, say (7) |
| CHAMELEON | One might change colour of home and clean up (9) |
| BLUE | Colour of Chelsea's home shirt (4) |
| INDIGO | Colour of home before excavation over (6) |
| ORANGE | Popular color of home decor in the 1970s |
| HUE | Colour of house regularly seen |
| OLDGOLD | Colour of the shirts worn by Wolverhampton Wanderers from the 1923-24 season |
| HALFSISTER | Awful elf shirts worn by a relative (4-6) |
| SANE | Leroy .... , Germany winger signed by Manchester City from Schalke 04 in 2016 (4) |
| WALKER | Kyle ___ , England defender signed by Manchester City from Spurs in July (6) |
| DANILO | Brazil defender signed by Manchester City from Real Madrid (6) |
| TOURE | Yaya ..... , Ivory Coast midfielder signed by Manchester City from Barcelona (5) |
| SUPERCUP | UEFA, trophy won in 2023 by Manchester City (5,3) |
| DIAS | Ruben, Portuguese centre-back signed by Manchester City in 2020 (4) |
| REES | Ronnie .... , ex-Wales, Swansea and Coventry City winger (4) |
| DOWIE | Iain ....., Queens Park Rangers, Crystal Palace and Coventry City manager (5) |
| GOULD | Bobby ....., Bristol Rovers, Wimbledon and Coventry City manager (5) |
| JESS | Eoin .... , former Scotland midfielder whose clubs included Aberdeen, Nottingham Forest and Coventry City (4) |
| MOLDOVAN | Viorel ........ , former Romania and Coventry City striker (8) |
