| GRESTYROAD | Home ground of Crewe Alexandra FC, also called Mornflake Stadium (6,4) |
| LLORIS | Hugo ......, Los Angeles FC, also 2008-22 France and 2012-24 Tottenham goalkeeper (6) |
| RAILWAYMEN | The _. nickname of Crewe Alexandra (10) |
| CREPUSCULE | Gloom affected pure old school in outskirts of Crewe |
| RODNEYJACK | 1992-2004 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1995-98 Torquay United and 1998-2003 Crewe Alexandra striker (6,4) |
| GRADI | Dario ..... , manager of Crewe Alexandra between 1983 and 2011 (5) |
| DARIO | Milan-born former manager of Crewe Alexandra (5,5) |
| ROPE | District and 'scattered settlement' of East Cheshire that straddles the Crewe-Nantwich railway; approximately 2.5 miles south of Crewe town centre, its neighbours are Shavington, Willaston and Wistast |
| GRESTY | ___ Road, Crewe Alexandra home (6) |
| ESSENCE | A place on the outskirts of Crewe producing perfume (7) |
| SANDBACH | Market town in Cheshire NE of Crewe (8) |
| MCCREADY | Chris ___, former Morecambe, Crewe Alexandra and Tranmere Rovers defender (8) |
| CLAYTONINCE | Former Trinidad & Tobago, Crewe Alexandra and Walsall goalkeeper (7,4) |
| ELI | Roger ..., 1989-94 Burnley striker whose former clubs included Wolverhampton Wanderers and Crewe Alexandra (3) |
| SODJE | Efe ....., Crewe Alexandra, Huddersfield Town and Nigeria defender (5) |
| CHESHIRE | The town of Crewe is in this English county (8) |
| ABBESS | 'The --- of Crewe', novel by Muriel Spark (6) |
| ROB | ... Jones, Crewe Alexandra, Liverpool and England right back (3) |
| ARFON | . ..... Griffiths, Wrexham and Crewe Alexandra manager (5) |
| NANTWICH | Town in Cheshire, south-west of Crewe (8) |
