| ANGULO | Nilson ___, Ecuador and Sunderland midfielder (6) |
| ESTUPINAN | Pervis ___, Ecuador and Brighton & Hove Albion defender (9) |
| AYOVI | Walter ___ , Ecuador 2014 World Cup ever-present (5) |
| SCANDIUM | A silvery metal discovered by Lars Fredrik Nilson in 1879 (8) |
| ZENDEN | Boudewijn ...... , former Netherlands and Sunderland midfielder (6) |
| GOOCH | Lynden ___ , US and Sunderland midfielder (5) |
| STEED | Malbranque, Fulham, Spurs and Sunderland midfielder (5) |
| BRACEWELL | Paul ..... Stoke. Everton and Sunderland midfielder (9) |
| AGNEW | Steve ....., Barnsley, Leicester City and Sunderland midfielder (5) |
| KHAZRI | Wahbi ___, 2013-2022 Tunisia and 2016-2018 Sunderland midfielder (6) |
| OVIEDO | Bryan _, 2010-2023 Costa Rica and 2017-2019 Sunderland midfielder] defender (6) |
| CABRAL | Cape Verdean 2013-15 Sunderland midfielder (6) |
| AMAZON | River flowing some 4,000 miles through countries including Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru (6) |
| GRAHAM | Danny ......, Blackburn Rovers striker previously with Swansea City and Sunderland (6) |
| BORINI | Fabio ...... , Italy and Sunderland forward currently on loan at Milan (6) |
| CHOPRA | Michael ...... , former Newcastle and Sunderland striker (6) |
| COATES | Sebastian ..., former Uruguay defender whose sides included Liverpool and Sunderland (6) |
| MOISES | And 49 Across. Ecuador and Chelsea midfielder (6,7) |
| CAICEDO | Ecuador and Chelsea midfielder (6,7) |
| BRYANOVIEDO | 2010-2023 Costa Rica and 2017-2019 Sunderland midfielder/ defender (5,6) |
