| HEYHOEFLINT | Rachael _ _, captain of the England women's cricket team 1966-78 (6,5) |
| GILLDAVIS | Rachael ___-___, Dales actress who plays Gail Loman (4-5) |
| AYEAYE | "___-___, Captain!" |
| HEATHER | _ Knight the captain of the England women's cricket team (7) |
| KNIGHT | The captain of the England women's cricket team, Heather _ (6) |
| HARMANPREET | The captains of India's women's cricket team and the men's hockey team share the same name. What is it? (11) |
| HEATHERKNIGHT | Current captain of the England women's cricket team |
| MIAS | Lucien ___, captain of the France rugby union team that won the Five Nations outright for the first |
| STOKES | Ben _, captain of the England Test Cricket team (6) |
| LISA | ... Sthalekar, former captain of the Australian women's cricket team. (4) |
| WAUGH | Steve ___, captain of the Australian Test cricket team from 1999 to 2004 |
| STARS | The Australian women's cricket team is nicknamed the Southern what (5) |
| KIRK | James T. ___, captain of the starship USS Enterprise in the original series of Star Trek played by William Shatner (4) |
| SMIT | John ___, captain of the South Africa 2007 Rugby World Cup Final-winning team (4) |
| PIENAAR | Francois _, captain of the 1995 World Cup-winning South African rugby union team (7) |
| TORRANCE | Sam ___ , captain of the victorious European Ryder Cup golf team in 2002 |
| REES | Dai ___, captain of the 1957 British PGA Ryder Cup-winning team (4) |
| YASTIKA | ... Bhatia, another southpaw in the Indian women's cricket team's top order. (7) |
| SARAH | The captain of the England women's national rugby union team, _ Hunter (5) |
| LEAH | The captain of the England women's football team, _ Williamson (4) |