| CHRISTIAN | Denmark international footballer who survived a collapse recently (9,7) |
| ERIKSEN | Denmark international footballer who survived a collapse recently (9,7) |
| OFLATE | Old apartment close to collapse recently (2,4) |
| PAULPESCHISOLIDO | Former Canadian international footballer who married Karren Brady in 1995 |
| MORI | Japanese prime minister, who survived a bid to oust him |
| SARAH | The young daughter of Emmerdale's who survived a nasty disease (5) |
| PARR | Wife who survived a year with bishop (4) |
| SALMAN | _ Rushdie, author who survived a recent knife attack in New York (6) |
| NOAH | Biblical man who survived a flood |
| DOLLARMAN | Steve Austin, played by Lee Majors, was the reconstructed NASA colonel who survived a near-fatal car |
| SALMANRUSHDIE | Author, winner of the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children, who survived a stabbing in 2022 (6,7) |
| EMLYNHUGHES | Barrow-born former England international footballer who was a team captain on A Question of Sport |
| BROOKING | Sir Trevor --, English international footballer who became a football administrator (8) |
| TOMROGIC | Australian international footballer who joined Celtic in 2013 (3,5) |
| GIROUD | Olivier ___, French international footballer who joined Chelsea from Arsenal in 2018 |
| PAYET | Dimitri ___, French international footballer who rejoined Marseille from West Ham United in 2017 |
| HADJI | Mustapha ___, Moroccan international footballer who had spells at Coventry City and Aston Villa |
| YEBOAH | Tony, former Ghanaian international footballer who plays for SV Hamburg (6) |
| ERIC | And 13 Former Manchester United and France international footballer who was voted Premier League Overseas Player of the Decade in 2003 (4,7) |
| CANTONA | Former Manchester United and France international footballer who was voted Premier League Overseas Player of the Decade in 2003 (4,7) |
