| JAVIERHERNANDEZ | Mexican striker, currently at West Ham United, commonly known by his nickname, Chicharito (6,9) |
| BENT | Darren ...., Aston Villa striker currently on loan to Derby (4) |
| JIMENEZ | Mexican striker at Wolverhampton Wanderers. (7) |
| FATSDOMINO | Rock and roll legend, known by his nickname rather than first name (Antoine), who sold 65m records (4,6) |
| FONZARELLI | Sitcom Arthur better known by his nickname |
| TRINITROTOLUENE | High explosive, more commonly known by its abbreviation (15) |
| DEFINITEARTICLE | Billy the Kid used one for his nickname |
| ADECOKER | Nigerian-born United States international who was at West Ham United from 1971 to 1975 |
| AYEW | Andre , Ghana winger at West Ham United from 2016-2018 between spells at Swansea City (4) |
| RADUCIOIU | Florin ___, Romania attacker at West Ham United in 1996-97 (9) |
| FOE | Marc-vivien -, Cameroon midfield footballer at West Ham United from 1999-2000 (3) |
| HISLOP | Shaka _, 2002-2005 Portsmouth goalkeeper between spells at West Ham United (6) |
| STANMUSIAL | President Obama gave this 90-year-old slugger the Medal in 2011, calling him by his nickname "the Man" |
| MUINEBHEAG | Bagenalstown is commonly known by its name in Irish. (10) |
| MILITARYPOLICE | Law enforcement group commonly known by its initials, which are the theme of this puzzle |
| NUDGENUDGE | Officially entitled "Candid Photography", this Monty Python sketch in a pub is commonly known by this phrase |
| DOWIE | Iain ....., 1990-99 Northern Ireland, 1991-95 Southampton and 1995 Crystal Palace striker between spells at West Ham; 2002-03 Oldham and 2007-08 Coventry manager (5) |
| SHORTTON | Weight measurement commonly known by only its second part |
| SONGTHRUSH | Mavis's lad G. Hurst trained at West Ham (4,6) |
| FUTRE | Paulo ___ , former Portugal winger at West Ham in 1996 (5) |
