| ROOSTERS | NRL club based in Sydney's eastern suburbs (8) |
| BRISBANE | 2024 NRL club; 1992 World Club Challenge winners (8) |
| CANBERRA | NRL club whose mascot is Victor the Viking (8) |
| LAPUENTE | Eastern suburb of Los Angeles |
| DIAMONDS | Rushden & ......... former football club based in Irthlingborough in Northamptonshire (8) |
| ATLETICO | Spanish football club, based in the capital (8,6) |
| JUVENTUS | Italian football club based in Turin (8) |
| SARACENS | _ FC, rugby union club based in London (8) |
| SHAMROCK | ........ Rovers, League of Ireland football club based in Dublin (8) |
| PANTHERS | Name of an Australian rugby league club based in Penrith (8) |
| LAANGELS | Club based in Anaheim, briefly (2 wds.) |
| EASTFIFE | 2023-24 Scottish League Two club based in Methil (4,4) |
| COLOCOLO | The most successful Chilean football club, based in Macul, Santiago |
| STMIRREN | Scottish football club based in Paisley (2,6) |
| ATALANTA | Italian Serie A football club based in Bergamo |
| ATHLETIC | Charlton - - -, Championship football club based in London |
| HAKOAH | Jewish NSL club, Eastern Suburbs... (6) |
| NIELSEN | In 1975, the disappearance of which Australian publisher and activist is associated with the struggle to save sections of Sydney's inner eastern suburbs from destruction by developers? (7) |
| ESTEEM | Take off one's hat to the initial Eastern Suburbs side, say |
| SYDNEYROOSTERS | Only NRL club in the top grade every year since 1908 (6,8) |
