| GERMANY | Only country playing in Euro 2020 to have played the last 13 editions of the Euro, since 1972 |
| TEED | In golf, and in the past tense, what is it to have played the first stroke of the game? (4) |
| ERIKSEN | Christian ___, Danish footballer who suffered a cardiac arrest while playing in Euro 2020 (7) |
| PLATINI | Former UEFA President who pitched for Euro 2020 to be held across countries as a one-off event to celebrate 60 years of the Euro Cup |
| FRENCHBREAD | The euro, since 2002? |
| TOTALITARIANS | Advocates of one-party state overthrown in a riot at last (13) |
| BONDMOVIE | Type of film in which seven actors have played the lead |
| ALIVEANDKICKING | I"ve to interrupt a country playing football with a lot of vigour (5,3,7) |
| PERU | Country playing excellent Rugby Union at first |
| ABET | Crookedly endorse last thirteen letters? |
| CDROM | Something may have played "The Sims" on but not "The Sims 4" |
| YUGOSLAVIA | Now-former country that hosted the Euro in 1976; it broke up in the 1990s, and some of its former constituents will play in Euro 2020 |
| SWEETCAROLINE | Song by Neil Diamond that became an unofficial anthem of the England football team in Euro 2020 (5,8) |
| MANCINI | Roberto, Italian coach who led his country to victory in Euro 2020 at Wembley (7) |
| HUNGARY | Group F team in Euro 2020, known for its 'Golden Team' of the 1950s |
| DEIONSANDERS | Only athlete to have played in both the World Series and the Super Bowl: 2 wds. |
| MARINER | Member of the only M.L.B. team never to have played in a World Series |
| CAFU | Who is the only player in football history to have played in three consecutive World Cup title clashes? (4) |
| JONAS | ... Vingegaard, the winner of the 2022 and 2023 editions of the Tour de France. (5) |
| HARRIERS | Kidderminster ........, only football club from Worcestershire to have played in the English Football League (8) |
