| NEWCASTLEUNITED | Original actors with French articles by one man from football club (9,6) |
| LIFELESS | Insipid US magazine with French article by soprano |
| ELLA | Spanish and French articles by Ms Henderson, who competed in The X Factor in 2012 (4) |
| ITEMS | Articles by one on a river, we hear (5) |
| SHEFFIELDUNITED | The woman, loud, beside pitch ? a French one with man from football club (9,6) |
| DONCASTERROVERS | Man meeting actors with hesitation - those wandering from football club (9,6) |
| BLACKBURNROVERS | Defender, about 50, beside stream with people wandering from football club (9,6) |
| QUEENOFTHESOUTH | Monarch ? frequently he's out with hothead from football club (5,2,3,5) |
| ARSENAL | A royal given directions by man from football club |
| LARGOALFACTOTUM | Italian set piece put up on wall bearing selection of trivia from football books (5,2,8) |
| STARSANDSTRIPES | Top actors with lines in Old Glory (5,3,7) |
| ACRE | Traditionally, amount of land plowable by one man in one day with a team of oxen |
| VIKING | Pirate opposed by one man on board with cross (6) |
| COUPLES | Links with a seizure of power by one man (7) |
| IONIAN | Turn in after ten with article by one of the Greeks (6) |
| ISLANDER | Run down by one man in Ibiza? (8) |
| OAR | As used by one man in eight? (3) |
| DILIGENT | Cover put back by one man, being industrious (8) |
| ALSATIAN | A modified A-list compiled by one man's best friend? (8) |
| STATISTICIAN | Strong government taking most of the credit for one article by one who can read figures (12) |
