| ETHANE | English former nobleman gives hydrocarbon |
| BARON | Nobleman gives no backing to prohibition (5) |
| EARLIER | Former nobleman? That's right (7) |
| IANBOTHAM | English former cricketing all-rounder nicknamed Beefy (3,6) |
| CRAM | Steve, English former middle-distance runner (4) |
| HAMED | Naseem --, English former world boxing champion (5) |
| STEEL | English former teen idol cited for toughness (5) |
| DAVID | __ Beckham, English former professional footballer |
| TAYLOR | Phil, English former darts player nicknamed The Power (6) |
| WILKINSON | Jonny _, English former rugby player (9) |
| BILL | Sir... English, former New Zealand prime minister (4) |
| SNEER | Contemptuous remark from Poles on English former queen (5) |
| MESSENGER | Melinda ---------, English former model who hosted Fort Boyard (9) |
| PAULA | English former long-distance runner, _ Radcliffe (5) |
| CIPRIANI | English former Rugby Union player, Danny _ (8) |
| NEAL | ____ Foulds, English former snooker player born in 1963 (4) |
| TWEDDLE | Beth _, English former artistic gymnast (7) |
| ICKE | David ----, English former TV presenter (4) |
| ELLERY | _ _ _ _ _ _ Hanley, English former rugby league player for Bradford Northern and Wigan (6) |
| GRAEME | ___ Swann, English former right-handed off-spinner born in 1979 (6) |
