| BLUESCLUES | Kids' show of 1996-2006, or what's within brackets in this puzzle |
| SEWN | Top 10 single for The Feeling in 2006; or, to be joined by thread (4) |
| WINTERGAMES | Olympics of 2006 or 2010 |
| KNEES | Leg joints lowered in the act of genuflexion; or, brackets in the frameworks of old wooden ships (5) |
| THEODORETUGBOAT | Hamilton Harbour redbaseball-cap wearing vessel, the iconic title character of the Canadian kids show of 1993 to 2001 |
| ELECTRICCOMPANY | PBS kids' show of the '70s, with "The" |
| WORLD | Aussie kids show of the '80s Simon Townsend's Wonder ___ |
| COMEUPANDSEEME | The "bit in brackets" in the title of a No 1 hit for Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel |
| PERSSON | Goran ___, prime minister of Sweden from 1996-2006 (7) |
| BREEN | 1996-2006 Republic of Ireland, 19972002 Coventry and 2003-06 Sunderland defender (5) |
| GARY | 1996-2006 Republic of Ireland, 19972002 Coventry and 2003-06 Sunderland defender (4) |
| KNOWABLE | King, at this point, accomplished what's within grasp (8) |
| NESTA | Alessandro ..... , 1996-2006 Italy defender; 2018-19 Perugia manager (5) |
| RAUL | 1996-2006 Spain striker; Real Madrid all-time appearance record-holder (4) |
| CHIPPO | Youssef ......, 1996-2006 Morocco and 1999-2003 Coventry midfielder (6) |
| SHEARER | Alan ......, 1992-2000 England, 1988-92 Southampton, 1992-96 Blackburn and 1996-2006 Newcastle striker (7) |
| GILLESPIE | 1996-2006 Test paceman, nicknamed 'Dizzy', ... Jason (9) |
| HEALEY | Austin ...... , 1997-2003 England and 1996-2006 Leicester Tigers utility player (6) |
| FINISH | Angle brackets in the last elaboration (6) |
| FIFE | Metal brackets in case for instrument (4) |
