| HOEY | Kate -, Labour MP for Vauxhall from 1989-2019; Minister for Sport from 1999-2001 (4) |
| KATEHOEY | Labour MP for Vauxhall since 1989; Minister for Sport from 1999-2001 (4,4) |
| TONY | & 25A Labour MP for West Ham from 1997-2005; Minister for Sport from 1997-99 (4,5) |
| TONYBANKS | Labour MP for West Ham; Minister for Sport from 1997-99 (4,5) |
| BANKS | Labour MP for West Ham from 1997-2005; Minister for Sport from 1997-99 |
| EHUD | Prime minister of Israel from 1999-2001 (4,5) |
| GOMA | France defender at Newcastle from 1999 - 2001 (4) |
| PELE | Athlete who once served as his country's Extraordinary Minister for Sport |
| VIVA | Popular Vauxhall from the 1960s and 1970s (4) |
| CABORN | Richard ___, Minister for Sport from 2001-07 (6) |
| FIELD | Frank -, Labour MP for Birkenhead from 1979-2019; Minister for Welfare Reform from 1997-98 |
| JUDO | Throwing sport (from the Japanese for gentleness) (4) |
| EPEE | Sport from the French for "sword" |
| PAUL | Henry ___, 2002-2004 England and 2001-2006 Gloucester Rugby centre, 1995-2001 New Zealand and 1999-2001 Bradford Bulls stand-off; 2000 Challenge Cup final and Lance Todd Trophy winner (4) |
| VILE | 1979-1999 West Hartlepool and 1999-2001 Bristol Rugby fly-half (6,4) |
| EYRE | John ___, 1995-1999 Scunthorpe United and 1999-2001 Hull City forward between spells at Oldham Athletic (4) |
| OINA | Traditional team sport from Romania that is similar to baseball |
| SUMO | Sport from Japan |
| OTTO | 1999-2001 Austria, 2002-04 Croatia and 2006-07 Albania national football team manager (4) |
| FEAR | Peter .... , 1992-99 Wimbledon, 1999-2001 Oxford and 2002-04 Crawley midfielder (4) |
