| ALVES | Daniel ... da Silva, footballer who plays for Sao Paulo and Brazil. (5) |
| CASEMIRO | Brazil, Manchester United and former Sao Paulo and Real Madrid midfielder (8) |
| LIMA | Third-largest city in the Americas after Sao Paulo and Mexico City |
| LUCIO | By what name is the Brazilian footballer Lucimar Ferreira da Silva better known? (5) |
| BRICS | Multination org. named for its first five members (its '23 summit included da Silva, Lavrov, Modi, Xi, and the ANC leader) |
| DOYLE | Character played by Nicole da Silva in TV'S Wentworth, Franky ___ (5) |
| KYOGO | Japanese footballer who plays for Celtic and the Japan national team, _ Furuhashi (5) |
| WAYNE | Rooney, English professional footballer who plays for Derby County FC (5) |
| JESUS | Gabriel _, Brazilian footballer who plays for Arsenal (5) |
| MOURA | Lucas ..., Brazilian footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur. (5) |
| LUCAS | Mr. Paqueta, West Ham United and Brazil footballer (5) |
| WAITS | Tom -, US singer and actor who starred as Silva in 1989 film drama Bearskin (5) |
| SILVA | Gilberto ..... , Arsenal Panathinaikos and Brazil defender or midfielder (5) |
| NATAL | Concerned with birth in South Africa and Brazil (5) |
| ELBER | Giovane ..... , former Bayern Munich and Brazil striker (5) |
| ADELE | Ms Silva who played Kelly Windsor in Emmerdale is heard in a wooded valley (5) |
| SEPTS | Times when Mexico and Brazil celebrate their independence: Abbr. |
| RAOUL | Villain of 2012's Skyfall, played by Javier Bardem, - Silva (5) |
| VIGIL | Police procedural drama series with Suranne Jones as DCI Amy Silva (5) |
| NEMUS | Silva: locus amoenus? umbrosum et frondosum sit |
