| TOTTI | Francesco ___, midfielder born in 1976 who played for Roma and Italy |
| LAINE | In 1976, who became the only singer to have received Grammy Award nominations in jazz, popular and classical categories? (4,5) |
| CLEO | In 1976, who became the only singer to have received Grammy Award nominations in jazz, popular and classical categories? (4,5) |
| GUSPOYET | Uruguayan midfielder born in 1967 who played for Chelsea and Spurs (3,5) |
| CRERAND | Pat, Scottish midfielder born in 1939 who played for Manchester United FC (7) |
| PAULMERSON | Former Arsenal and Aston Villa FC attacking midfielder born in 1968 turned TV pundit (4,6) |
| CAFU | 1990-2006 Brazil, 1997-2003 Roma and 2003-08 Milan defender/midfielder born Marcos Evangelista de Morais; 1994 and 2002 FIFA World Cup Final winner (4) |
| BRESCIANO | Mark ___, midfielder who played over 100 games for both Parma and Palermo and won 84 caps for Australia |
| RICE | Declan, Arsenal defensive midfielder born in 1999 (4) |
| WADDLE | Chris _ midfielder who played for England in the 80s (6) |
| PETRARCH | Francesco ___, 14th-century Italian poet known for the Rime Sparse (8) |
| ZAPPA | Some works by Francesco ____ (1717-1803) were recorded in 1984 by a similarly named rock musician |
| MALIPIERO | Gian Francesco ___, Italian composer whose operas include Giulio Cesare and Antonio e Cleopatra |
| HARARI | Yuval Noah ****** , Israeli author and historian born in 1976 (6) |
| GEORGINA | ____ Chapman, fashion designer and actress, born in 1976 (8) |
| DRINKWATER | Danny ___, midfielder in Leicester City's Premier League-winning team who joined Chelsea in 2017 |
| STILES | Nobby _. midfielder who played in England's 1966 FIFA World Cup winning team (6) |
| BRITTEN | English composer and conductor, 1913-1976, who wrote the opera Peter Grimes and The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (7) |
| CORTECCIA | Francesco ____ was a major composer of early madrigals |
| JARULE | Rapper born 2/29/1976 who had a feud with 50 Cent |
