| GORDONJAGO | Former footballer who managed Queens Park Rangers, Millwall and the US national team |
| MIAHAMM | Soccer player who scored 158 goals in 276 games for the United States national team from 1987 to 2004 (3,4) |
| DIEGOMARADONA | Former footballer who managed Argentina from 2008 to 2010 |
| ERIK | ___ ten Hag, Dutch former footballer who managed Manchester United from 2022 to 2024 (4) |
| JIMMYFLOYDHASSELBAINK | Dutch footballer who managed Burton Albion, Queens Park Rangers, and Northampton Town |
| ALEUTIAN | Name shared by island chain and heavyweight office car built by Pullman for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and now housed at the US National Museum of Transportation (8) |
| JAGO | Gordon .... , 1971-74 Queens Park Rangers, 1974-77 Millwall and 1978-82 Tampa Bay Rowdies manager (4) |
| NEILL | Terry ___, former Northern Ireland footballer who managed Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal |
| TOMMYBURNS | Footballer who managed Kilmarnock, Celtic and Reading in the 1990s (5,5) |
| ROYLE | Joe ___, former England footballer who managed Oldham Athletic, Everton, Manchester City and Ipswich Town |
| OER | "... ___ the land of the free ..." (line in the US national anthem) |
| MARCOSILVA | Portuguese footballer who managed Hull City, Watford, and Everton |
| KEWELL | Harry ...... , former Australia footballer who managed Notts Country from September-November 201 8(6) |
| LAMBERT | Paul, footballer who managed Aston Villa and Ipswich Town (7) |
| MATTBUSBY | Scottish footballer who managed Manchester United from 1945 to 1969 and 1970 to 1971 (4,5) |
| MEADE | The headquarters of the US National Security Agency is located in Maryland's Fort ... |
| ARLINGTON | County of Virginia where the US National Cemetery was founded in the 19th century (9) |
| SEAWOLVES | Professional rugby team based in Seattle which plays in the US national league (9) |
| NASA | Abbreviation of the US National Aeronautics And Space Administration (4) |
| ROSES | Blooms named the US National Flower by Reagan in the eponymous White House garden |
