| DAVIDVINE | Former sports presenter on A Question Of Sport, Grandstand and Match Of The Day (5,4) |
| IANBOTHAM | Former cricketer who was a team captain on A Question Of Sport from 1988 until 1996 (3.6) |
| LYNAM | Des _, the former host of TV's Grandstand and Match Of The Day (5) |
| SCARLETTE | First name of Ms Douglas who was a presenter on A Place In The Sun between 2015 and 2022 (9) |
| JOHANSSON | Surname of Jean who joined as a presenter on A Place In The Sun in 2018 (9) |
| DESLYNAM | Former Grandstand and Match of the Day presenter * (3,5) |
| FOOTYSHOW | Former sports star Paul 'Fatty' Vautin hosts The NRL ___ (5,4) |
| WRESTLING | Dwayne Johnson's former sport (9) |
| DAVIDCOLEMAN | BBC sports commentator at 11 summer Olympics and long-time presenter of Grandstand and A Question of Sport |
| BOTHAM | Surname of Ian, cricketer and former team captain on A Question Of Sport (6) |
| WILLIECARSON | Scottish formerjockey. team captain on A Question Of Sport in the 1980s and took part in I'm A Celeb in 2011 (6,6) |
| GRIMES | Singer, songwriter and Match Of The Day spin-off presenter, Chelcee _ (6) |
| MATTDAWSON | Former England rugby player who became a team captain on A Question of Sport in 2004 |
| EMLYNHUGHES | Barrow-born former England international footballer who was a team captain on A Question of Sport |
| PHIL | Former cricketer who was a team captain on A Question Of Sport, _ Tufnell (4) |
| JOHNPARROTT | Former snooker player, a team captain on A Question Of Sport from 1996-2002 (4,7) |
| TUFNELL | Phil, former England Test bowler who was a long-serving team captain on A Question Of Sport (7) |
| ALLY | - McCoist, former footballer who was a team captain on A Question Of Sport from 1996-2007(4) |
| GARYLINEKER | Retired footballer and Match Of The Day anchor man (4,7) |
| DAWSON | See picture clue: Matt ------, former captain on A Question of Sport (6) |
