| EMLYN | Former captain on BBC1'S A Question of Sport, ----- Hughes (5) |
| DAWSON | See picture clue: Matt ------, former captain on A Question of Sport (6) |
| IAN | Team captain on BBC1'S Have I Got News for You, --- Hislop (3) |
| VERY | BBC1's A ---- English Scandal (4) |
| ABEDI | ..... Pele, in football, a former captain of the Ghana national team (5) |
| MALIK | Shoaib ---, former captain of the Pakistani national cricket team (5) |
| WARNE | Shane -; former captain of the Australia national cricket team (5) |
| AGGER | Daniel......, coach and former captain of the Denmark national team (5) |
| SUGAR | Businessman on BBC1's The Apprentice, Lord ----- (5) |
| ANITA | Regular presenter on BBC1'S Countryfile, ----- Rani (5) |
| VIRAT | Indian cricketer who is the former captain of the Indian national cricket team, _ Kohli (5) |
| STACY | Former captain of the Canadian national women's hockey team Wilson |
| DHONI | Former captain fined for overspeeding in Ranchi. (Last name) (5) |
| BILLBEAUMONT | Former captain of the England rugby union team and the British Lions who became a captain on the BBC quiz show A Question of Sport |
| DAVID | & 19D Presenter of BBC TV shows It's a Knockout and A Question of Sport who died in 2009 (5,4) |
| CLIFF | 1951-58 Wales rugby union fly-half; team captain on BBC TV show A Question of Sport from 1970-75 (5,6) |
| MAJOR | Former captain |
| ENSUE | Follow heartless Ewan and A Question of Sport's Barker (5) |
| PADDY | English comedian whose TV series include Phoenix Nights, Take Me Out, Top Gear and A Question of Sport (5,10) |
| BOTHAM | Former captain of the England cricket team who was the first man to score over 100 runs and take eight wickets in a single innings of a Test match (6) |