| MBAPPE | Kylian _, French footballer who broke his nose at Euro 2024 (6) |
| ROBBIESAVAGE | Former footballer who broke his nose on Strictly Come Dancing (6,6) |
| LLORIS | Hugo _, French footballer who is the goalkeeper for Tottenham Hotspur (6) |
| ELLIOT | Eagles midfielder who broke his front teeth in 2014, ... Yeo (6) |
| FAAOSO | Manly prop who broke his neck in 2013, Richie ... (6) |
| ADKINS | Sydney jockey who broke his leg in a July, 2020 fall, Andrew ... (6) |
| VARANE | French footballer who plays for Real Madrid, Raphael ... (6) |
| GINOLA | French footballer who took up acting in 2002, David _ (6) |
| ASHLEY | ____ Williams, TV football pundit and ex-player who captained Wales at Euro 2016 (6) |
| GIROUD | Olivier _, French footballer (6) |
| ZIDANE | Zinedine _; French footballer (6) |
| LEDGER | Sean St. ___ scored Ireland's only goal at Euro 2012. (6) |
| HAMSIK | Marek ___, Napoli midfielder who scored for Slovakia in their 2-1 win over Russia at Euro 16 |
| ONEILL | Surname shared by the Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland football managers at Euro 2016 |
| NZOGBIA | Charles ___, French footballer who played for Newcastle United, Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa in the Premier League, having begun his career at "23" |
| DERIDE | Thumb one's nose at |
| SCORNS | Thumbs one's nose at |
| LUKAKU | Scorer of the first brace of goals at Euro 2020, in Belgium's 3-0 win over Russia in Group B |
| PLATINI | Michel ___, French footballer who won the Ballon d'Or three years in a row, 1983-85 |
| SNOB | One who looks down his nose at man at last? (4) |
