| BRIANCLOSE | Former England Test cricketer whose autobiography is entitled I Don't Bruise Easily (5,5) |
| IANBOTHAM | Retired test cricketer whose nickname is "Beefy" (3,6) |
| EGOS | Some bruise easily |
| EGO | It may bruise easily |
| JOHNBISHOP | Stand-up comedian whose autobiography is entitled How Did All This Happen? (4,6) |
| CLIVEJAMES | Australian critic, author and broadcaster whose first volume of autobiography is entitled Unreliable |
| ANDYMURRAY | Scotsman whose autobiography is titled 'Hitting Back' (4,6) |
| SPENDER | Stephen, poet whose autobiography is entitled World Within World (7) |
| BARRATT | English TV presenter whose autobiography is entitled Mr Nationwide (7,7) |
| MICHAEL | English TV presenter whose autobiography is entitled Mr Nationwide (7,7) |
| SHIRLEYTEMPLE | U.S. actress born in 1928 whose autobiography is entitled Child Star (7,6) |
| ALEXEISAYLE | Liverpool-born comedian whose autobiography is entitled Stalin Ate My Homework (6,5) |
| DAVIDGOWER | Former England Test cricket captain who scored 8231 runs in 117 Tests from 1978-92 (5,5) |
| STANWALKER | New Zealand singer whose 2020 autobiography is titled Impossible: My Story (4,6) |
| WILLEY | Peter, former England Test cricketer appointed to the International Panel of umpires in 1996 (6) |
| LAMB | Former England Test cricketer (1982-92) known by the nickname 'Legga' (5,4) |
| ALLAN | Former England Test cricketer (1982-92) known by the nickname 'Legga' (5,4) |
| KIRTLEY | James ....... , former England Test cricketer who took 6-34 against South Africa at Nottingham in 2003 (7) |
| DARREN | ...... Gough, former England Test cricketer who won the 2005 BBC reality show Strictly Come Dancing (6) |
| REEVE | Dermot, former England Test cricketer born in Hong Kong in 1963 (5) |
