| DIDIER | Forename of the French national football team manager (6) |
| KYLIANMBAPPE | Captain of the French national football team who joined Real Madrid from Paris Saint- Germain on Monday (6,6) |
| BLEUS | Les ___, the French national football team (5) |
| OLIVIER | - Giroud, the French national football team's highest ever goal scorer (7) |
| SACCHI | Arrigo, Italian ex-national football team manager (6) |
| GARETH | ___ ___ Southgate, England national football team manager appointed in 2016 (6) |
| CLARKE | Steve, ex-WBA coach appointed Scottish national football team manager in 2019 (6) |
| HODDLE | ... replaced by Glenn _, England national football team manager from 1996-99 (6) |
| BAXTER | Stuart ___, Boavista and 2008-2010 Finland national football team manager (6) |
| HARALD | 1967-1969 East Germany national football team manager (6) |
| SEEGER | 1967-1969 East Germany national football team manager (6) |
| LEVEIN | Craig ___, Scottish national football team manager from 2009 to 2012 (6) |
| KOUNDE | Footballer who plays for Barcelona and the French national team, Jules _ (6) |
| ORMOND | Willie ...... , 1973-77 Scotland football team manager (6) |
| TINAARENA | Singer-songwriter who in 2011 became the first Australian to be awarded a Knighthood of the French National Order of National Merit (4,5) |
| LAURENTBLANC | French former footballer who was manager of the French national team from 2010 to 2012 (7,5) |
| EGALITE | One of the words of the French national motto (7) |
| PAULLEGUEN | Former manager of the French national team who managed Rangers from 2006 to 2007 |
| LEPEN | Who is the leader of the French National Front? (2,3) |
| ROUGETDELISLE | Claude Joseph, composer of the French national anthem La Marseillaise (6,2,5) |
