| SUAREZ | Luis ___, Barcelona and Uruguay striker (6) |
| PIQUE | Gerard _, Barcelona and former Spain footballer (5) |
| CRUYFF | Jordi ___, Barcelona, Manchester United and Netherlands forward (6) |
| CAVANI | Edinson -, Uruguay striker who scored both goals in the FIFA World Cup win over Portugal (6) |
| BRANDY | Spirit of Brazil and Uruguay ultimately (6) |
| DANIEL | ...... Passarella, in football, manager Argentina and Uruguay (6) |
| BRAZIL | Neighbor of Paraguay and Uruguay |
| KOUNDE | Jules ...... , France, Barcelona and 2019-22 Sevilla defender; winner of the 2020 UEFA Europa League and 2021 UEFA Nations League finals (6) |
| NEYMAR | Brazil, Al Hilal, 2009-13 Santos, 2013-17 Barcelona and 2017-23 Paris St-Germain striker (6) |
| MANUEL | He's from Barcelona... and the Bo'Ness & Kinneil Railway! (6) |
| KOEMAN | Ex-Barcelona and Netherlands manager, Ronald ... (6) |
| LALIGA | Sports division that's home to FC Barcelona and Real Madrid |
| OBISPO | San Luis ___, California city. (6) |
| BORGES | Jorge Luis ___, Argentinian author of magic realism (6) |
| BUNUEL | Luis ___, Spanish film director who collaborated with Salvador Dali on the first surrealist films, Un Chien andalou and L'Age d'or |
| POTOSI | San Luis ___ (Mexican state) |
| LUISSUAREZ | Uruguay striker suspended for biting at the 2014 World Cup (4,6) |
| ABREU | Sebastian 1996-2012 Uruguay striker (5) |
| RIVER | First word of the name for a group of six species of primarily freshwater dolphins of south-central Asia, China, and South America and in the coastal waters of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. (5) |
| BLANC | Laurent ___ , Barcelona, Inter Milan, Manchester United and France centre back (5) |
