| INSIDELEFT | Midfield position (6,4) |
| IKECHIANYA | Scotland and Derby County midfield footballer born in 1988 (6,4) |
| SAMIRNASRI | Former France and Manchester City midfield footballer; 2014 League Cup Final winner |
| MAURICEEDU | United States midfield footballer at Rangers from 2008-12 |
| COMMISSION | Red's issue? No midfield covering international work (10) |
| ERIKLAMELA | Argentina midfield footballer signed by Tottenham Hotspur from Roma in 2013 (4,6) |
| OUTSIDE | Winger's position, ... midfield (7) |
| UPTHEGUT | Running right through midfield, in football slang |
| CAN | Emre ___, Liverpool and Germany midfield footballer (3) |
| AARONLENNON | Everton and England midfield footballer (5, 6) |
| OZIL | Mesut ?, Arsenal and Germany midfield footballer (4) |
| THINKOUTSIDETHEBOX | Be left-field, but strategise from midfield? |
| BROICH | Former Brisbane Roar midfield maestro, Thomas -- (6) |
| INUI | Takashi -,Japan and Eibar midfield footballer (4) |
| ETEBO | Peter ?, Nigeria and Stoke City midfield footballer |
| DELPH | Fabian ?, England and Manchester City midfield footballer |
| FER | Leroy ?, Netherlands and Swansea City midfield footballer |
| CYPRESS | Evergreen City, bypassing midfield, push forward |
| CEES | Midfield in soccer? |
| KEANE | Roy -, Irish Manchester United midfield legend (5) |
