| BLUNKETT | David - - -, former Labour Home Secretary |
| JACKSTRAW | Labour Home Secretary 1997-2001 and Foreign Secretary 2001-06 (4,5) |
| HOODIE | "Hug-a-___", phrase coined by Labour's Home Secretary in 2006 (6) |
| LAWS | David ---, former Liberal Democrat MP who was Chief Secretary to the Treasury for 17 days in 2010 (4) |
| MAY | David ..., former Blackburn, Burnley and Manchester United defender (3) |
| GOWER | David, former England cricket captain (5) |
| DICKINSON | David -; former presenter of the series Bargain Hunt (9) |
| DIMBLEBY | David -; former Question Time presenter (8) |
| TREMBLE | David - former First Minister of Northern Ireland; Quake (7) |
| HARVEY | David ......, former Leeds United and Scotland goalkeeper (6) |
| SEAMAN | David - - - - - -, former England goalkeeper (6) |
| SOLE | David ...., former Scotland prop forward and captain (4) |
| WATERS | David ...... , former Newport and Wales second row forward (6) |
| CAMPESE | David --, former Australian rugby union player (7) |
| ICKE | David ----, former footballer and TV presenter (4) |
| HAYE | David ---, former boxer (4) |
| BECKHAM | David -, former football star (7) |
| PLEAT | David ***** , former Luton Town and Tottenham Hotspur manager (5) |
| DEIN | David **** , former vice-chairman of Arsenal FC (4) |
| WEIR | David, former Rangers and Scotland defender (4) |
