| ELANO | Footballer with over 100 caps for the Netherlands who was at Manchester United from 2014 to 2018 (5,5) |
| DALEY | Footballer with over 100 caps for the Netherlands who was at Manchester United from 2014 to 2018 (5,5) |
| DENAYER | Jason ___, Belgian international centre-back who was at Manchester City from 2014 to 2018 |
| RAFAELVANDERVAART | Former Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur footballer who won 109 caps for the Netherlands between 2001 and 2013 |
| JULIANA | Queen of the Netherlands who abdicated in 1980 (7) |
| FILES | Word that follows The X to give the title of a US drama series which ran originally from 1993 until 2002, with a revival from 2016 to 2018 (5) |
| ADAMS | Gerry , president of the Sinn Fein political party from 1983 to 2018 (5) |
| SUITS | US legal drama series in which Meghan Markle starred from 2011 to 2018 (5) |
| PALLISTER | Gary ....... , 1988-96 England defender at Manchester United from 1989-98 between spells at Middlesbrough; 1991 -92 PFA Players' Player of the Year (9) |
| REECEHODGE | Bayonne rugby union fullback; gained 100 caps for Melbourne Rebels from 2016-23 (5,5) |
| EVRA | Patrice ?, France and Marseille footballer at Manchester United from 2006-14 (4) |
| ARDA | - Turan, former Galatasaray winger with 100 caps for Turkey |
| TUSK | Donald ___, prime minister of Poland from 2007 to 2014 and President of the European Council from 2014 to 2019 (4) |
| JOHNNYREP | Dutch footballer who holds the record for FIFA World Cup finals goals for the Netherlands with seven |
| RUBENAMORIM | Head coach who has left Sporting CP to take over at Manchester United (5,6) |
| VANGERWEN | Dutch professional darts player who was ranked world No.1 from 2014 to 2021 (3,6) |
| KELL | British boxer who held the IBF welterweight title from 2014 to 2017, _ Brook (4) |
| SELENA | Gomez who was at the game (and watched Messi in a closed-to-the-public warm-up, repeatedly shouting "I'm single!" to the team) |
| ERIKTENHAG | Dutch footballer who was manager of Manchester United from 2022 to 2024 (4,3,3) |
| ADECOKER | Nigerian-born United States international who was at West Ham United from 1971 to 1975 |
