| ZOLA | Gian Franco ...., West Ham United. Watford and Birmingham City manager (4) |
| CARR | Stephen, Ireland and Birmingham City defender who retired in 2013 (4) |
| BOWYER | Lee ...... , former midfielder whose sides included Leeds United, Newcastle, West Ham and Birmingham City (6) |
| ROMA | 2025-2026 Serie A club coached by Gian Piero Gasperini (4) |
| IZZET | Muzzy ?, former Leicester City and Birmingham City midfielder; Turkey 2002 FIFA World Cup semi-finalist |
| DEMARAIGRAY | Jamaica and Birmingham City winger (7,4) |
| RHEA | Saturn's second-largest moon, discovered in 1672 by the Italian-born French astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini, this moon is named for a Titan of Greek mythology. |
| DONALDSON | Clayton ......... , Jamaica and Birmingham City striker (9) |
| ZIGIC | Nikola ..... , former Serbia and Birmingham City forward (5) |
| PHILLIPS | Kevin ........ , former Sunderland and Birmingham City striker (8) |
| ALFRAMSEY | 1963-1974 England, 1955-1963 Ipswich Town, and 1977-1978 Birmingham City manager (3,6) |
| TEDMCMINN | Scottish footballer nicknamed 'The Tin Man' whose clubs included Rangers, Sevilla, Derby County and Birmingham City |
| GLASS | Stephen ....., Aberdeen, Newcastle United, Watford, Hibernian and Scotland midfielder (5) |
| LEEBOWYER | English ex-midfielder who was appointed Birmingham City manager in 2021 (3,6) |
| ROONEY | Wayne _, Birmingham City manager from 2023-24 (6) |
| IBANEZ | Pablo ...... , former West Brom and Birmingham defender (6) |
| CITYBLUES | Rhythmic music from, say, Liverpool and Birmingham football club? (4,5) |
| EUSTONSTATION | Terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway, opened in 1837, and controversially rebuilt in the 1960s |
| KIROVSKI | Jovan ........ , former Crystal Palace and Birmingham forward (8) |
| CANAL | Waterway linking London and Birmingham (5,5,5) |
