| ROUASS | Laila _, played one of the Footballers' Wives (6) |
| RONALDO | Brazilian striker known as the Phenomenon; or, one of the footballers forming the current Real Madrid squad (7) |
| TWENTYTWO | All of the footballers, say, in line on pitch |
| EMLYN | Forename of the footballer, England captain on 23 occasions 1974-80 (5) |
| UTRECHT | Dutch city, birthplace of the footballer Marco van Basten (7) |
| EDSON | . ..... Arantes do Nascimento, real name of the footballer Pele (5) |
| ANGELA | Cartwright who played one of the von Trapp children in "The Sound of Music" |
| MARCIA | Actress who played one of the Desperate Housewives, _ Cross (6) |
| DENEUVE | Catherine ____ played one of the two young lovers in the 1964 musical film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
| CROSS | Marcia _, played one of the Desperate Housewives (5) |
| ALBA | Jessica _, played one of the noughties Fantastic Four (4) |
| GETTY | Estelle _, played one of the legendary Golden Girls (5) |
| TIGERS | It's Reg that has disturbed the footballers - the beasts! (6) |
| BRAZIL | Country for which the footballer Pele played (6) |
| TACKLE | Necessary for the footballer and the fisherman (6) |
| ORUCHE | Phina -, actress who played Gabby Sharpe in Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks and Liberty Baker in ITV drama series Footballers' Wives (6) |
| LUCKER | Tanya Turner in Footballers Wives, Zoe ... (6) |
| FERENC | Hungarian forename shared by the footballer Puskas and the dramatist Molnar |
| PUNTED | Indulged in gambling, as the footballer did (6) |
| ANGELS | Humphrey Bogart played one of three escaped convicts in the comedy We're No ... |
