| PATS | New England footballers, familiarly |
| PATRIOT | New England footballer |
| NINER | San Francisco footballer, familiarly |
| BUC | Tampa Bay footballer, familiarly |
| NEVILLE | Phil or Gary, former England footballers (7) |
| COLE | Andrew or Ashley, former England footballers (4) |
| JESS | __ Carter and Park, England footballers (4) |
| WAGS | Spouses or partners of England footballers (inits)(4) |
| LIONESSES | England footballers who are answers to asterisked clues (9) |
| LALLANA | England footballer taking up a new type of meat in the East End? (7) |
| INCENDIARY | Explosive new book describing dates with former England footballer (10) |
| ASTLE | Ex-England footballer Jeff; ex-New Zealand cricketer Nathan (5) |
| BETHANY | ____ England, Tottenham Hotspur and England footballer, PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year in 2020 (7) |
| JAMES | Chelsea and England footballer whose sister Lauren also plays for Chelsea and England (5,5) |
| REECE | Chelsea and England footballer whose sister Lauren also plays for Chelsea and England (5,5) |
| THEO | ---- Walcott, England footballer |
| ALF | Sir - Ramsey, England footballer and manager |
| LINEKER | Gary -, England footballer |
| TORTILLA | England footballer (left-winger) picked up snack (8) |
| ARMFIELD | Jimmy ___, England footballer and BBC pundit (8) |
