| RUICOSTA | Portuguese footballer nicknamed "The Maestro" (3,5) |
| CROSSBOW | Weapon of the maestro violinist? (8) |
| ALLEGROS | Austin replaced these cars with the Maestro (8) |
| PEPERONI | Portuguese footballer Ron has a sausage (8) |
| LUISFIGO | Portuguese footballer whose record of 127 caps was broken by Cristiano Ronaldo |
| STANLEYMATTHEWS | Knighted English footballer nicknamed The Wizard of the Dribble (7,8) |
| RONALDO | Brazilian professional footballer nicknamed The Phenomenon |
| INCE | Paul, footballer nicknamed 'The Guv'nor' (4) |
| PIRLO | Andrea, Italian ex-footballer nicknamed The Architect (5) |
| LOFTHOUSE | Nat ___, English footballer, nicknamed The Lion of Vienna |
| LAW | Scots footballer nicknamed The King, Denis - (3) |
| TEDMCMINN | Scottish footballer nicknamed 'The Tin Man' whose clubs included Rangers, Sevilla, Derby County and Birmingham City |
| VERON | Juan ..... , Argentine footballer nicknamed 'The Little Witch' who played for Manchester United and Chelsea (5) |
| NADAL | Miguel Angel ..... , former Spain footballer nicknamed the 'Beast of Barcelona' (5) |
| RIVA | Luigi ___, former footballer nicknamed Rombo di Tuono (Roar of Thunder), who is the all-time leading scorer for the Italian national team |
| DIEGOMARADONA | Footballer nicknamed El Pibe de Oro (The Golden Boy) |
| BANDMASTER | The maestro is the leader of a gang |
| EUSEBIO | Portuguese footballer who was the top goalscorer at the 1966 World Cup (7) |
| PEARCE | Ex-England footballer nicknamed Psycho (6) |
| GASCOIGNE | Paul _, ex-footballer nicknamed Gazza (9) |
