| SARRI | Maurizio, Italian manager of Chelsea 2018-19 (5) |
| VIALLI | Gianluca ...... , Italian manager of Chelsea 1998-2000 (6) |
| ANTONIO | _ Conte, Tottenham Hotspurs' Italian manager (7) |
| MANCINI | Italian manager in India getting behind his former team |
| HAYES | The manager of Chelsea F.C. Women, Emma _ (5) |
| ANDRE | ..... Villas-boas, manager of Chelsea from 2011-12 and Spurs from 2012-13 (5) |
| GUCCI | Maurizio __, former head of fashion empire (5) |
| LAZIO | 2025-2026 Serie A club managed by Maurizio Sarri (5) |
| BASSO | Longtime high school basketball coach in Oliver, Maurizio ___ |
| ROMAN | What is the surname of Mr Abramovich, owner of Chelsea FC? (5) |
| NESTA | Alessandro ..... , 1996-2006 Italy defender; 2018-19 Perugia manager (5) |
| SACKO | Hadi ....., 2018-19 Mali and 2017-19 Leeds winger (5) |
| NICHE | One's own little place, possibly in part of Chelsea (5) |
| EASEL | A stretch of Chelsea, seldom used to display artwork (5) |
| EARLS | Touring centre of Chelsea, Cockney picks up posh types (5) |
| BLUES | The ..... , a nickname of Chelsea (5) |
| NORTH | Oliver-, former US Marine Corps lieutenant colonel; 2018-19 president of the NRA (5) |
| MARCO | Fulham manager at Watford from 2017-18 and Everton from 2018-19 (5) |
| SILVA | Fulham manager at Watford from 2017-18 and Everton from 2018-19 (5) |
| MOORE | 2018-19 West Brom, 2019-21 Doncaster and 2021-23 Sheffield Wednesday manager (5) |