| DALGLISH | Kenny, was Celtic and Liverpool player and manager (8) |
| KEEGAN | England football manager, Newcastle and Liverpool player (6) |
| KUYT | Dirk .... , former Netherlands and Liverpool player (4) |
| EYESIGHT | 'I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their _, yes": baseball player and manager Leo Durocher (8) |
| SLAVERED | John Barnes finally up front - English Liverpool player dribbled (8) |
| STARWARS | Liverpool player reportedly was crossing river for epic struggles (4,4) |
| REDSTART | Perhaps Liverpool player with time must accept brilliant winger (8) |
| REDDITCH | Impatience after Liverpool player, maybe, departs for Town |
| REDFACED | Liverpool player tackled delivering cross? |
| STRACHAN | Coventry City, Southampton, Celtic and Scotland manager (8) |
| REQUIEMS | Works such as Brahms' German, Tavener's Celtic and Penderecki's Polish (8) |
| MAWROCKI | Maik ........ , Celtic and 2022-23 Legia Warsaw defender (8) |
| NAWROCKI | Maik, Celtic and 2022-23 Legia Warsaw defender (8) |
| HOOIVELD | Jos ........ , 2010-11 Celtic and 2011-15 Southampton defender (8) |
| SCILICET | Namely one Celtic and Rangers finally played? |
| JOCKSTEIN | Scottish football player and manager who led Celtic to nine successive Scottish League championships between 1966 and 1974 (4,5) |
| TOMMY | Mr Burns, former Celtic player and manager (5) |
| NEIL | Mr Lennon, former Celtic player and manager (4) |
| BECKENBAUER | Franz ---, German former football player and manager, European Footballer of the Year 1972 and 1976 (11) |
| FRANZ | ___ Beckenbauer German former soccer player who won the World Cup as both player and manager |
