| REMY | Loic .... , France striker signed by Las Palmas from Chelsea; began his career in his home city of Lyon (4) |
| CANALETTO | Artist, born in Venice in 1697, who works often depicted his home city (9) |
| STRIP | Road of a type made famous by Las Vegas |
| HARRYPELL | Colchester midfielder signed from Cheltenham in May; began his career at Charlton (5,4) |
| SHECHTMAN | Recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize for his discovery of quasicrystals, he also ran for president in his home country Israel (last name only) |
| WAUGH | Author of Brideshead Revisited who fictionalised his career in the Royal Marines and the Royal Horse Guards in the Sword of Honour trilogy (5) |
| CUTGLASS | In Under Milk Wood, Lord ..., of questionable sanity, dreams of the 66 clocks in his house, all of which keep different times (3-5) |
| SPENCER | Stanley ____ was best-known for his religious paintings, often set in his home village, Cookham in Berkshire |
| CHRISWOOD | New Zealand striker signed by Leeds United from Leicester City in 2015 (5,4) |
| LOICREMY | French striker, formerly at Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, Chelsea and Crystal Palace, who joined Lille from Las Palmas in 2018 |
| SYRACUSE | Home city of Egeon, father of the Antipholus twins in Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors (1594) |
| MACAULAY | Actor Culkin who began his career as a child actor and played Kevin McCallister in Home Alone |
| PEARCE | Actor who started his career in Neighbours and went on to star in LA Confidential and Memento. (6) |
| ENESUNAL | Turkey striker signed by Villarreal from Manchester City in May (4,4) |
| FORSSELL | Mikael ___ , Finland striker signed by Birmingham from Chelsea in 2005 (8) |
| EMNES | Marvin ..... , Dutch striker signed by Swansea City from Middlesbrough in 2014 (5) |
| TYLER | Roberts, Wales striker, signed by Birmingham City from Leeds United in 2023 (5) |
| EKOKU | Efan ..., Nigeria striker signed by Wimbledon from Norwich City in 1994 (5) |
| BARRYCORR | 2015-17 Cambridge United striker signed by Southend from Exeter in 2010 (5,4) |
| TYRE | Home city of Pericles in the c. 1608 Shakespeare play in which he appears (4) |
