| ZINEDINEZIDANE | Real Madrid manager who resigned after their 2018 UEFA Champions League victory |
| KIEV | Host city of the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final (4) |
| GARETH | England football manager who resigned after the Euro 2024 tournament (6,9) |
| SOUTHGATE | England football manager who resigned after the Euro 2024 tournament (6,9) |
| PARIS | City where thousands of fans gathered to celebrate Paris Saint-Germain's historic Champions League victory. (5) |
| AUTHORISATION | BCM was told by DW&S in their 2018 directive that the metro was operating the plant "without ..." See no 14. (13) |
| LEPANTO | Described in a G. K. Chesterton poem, a 1571 battle resulting in the Holy League victory over the Ottoman fleet (7) |
| JURGENKLOPP | Current manager of Liverpool FC, winners of the UEFA Champions League 2018-19 (6,5) |
| ANCELOTTI | Real Madrid manager after Mourinho, Carlo ... (9) |
| WANDAMETROPOLITANO | Madrid stadium which hosted the 2019 Uefa Champions League final |
| HAVERTZ | Kai, German midfielder who scored Chelsea's winner in the 2021 Uefa Champions League final (7) |
| TIMOTHY | Downing Street official who resigned after the 2017 general election |
| NICK | Downing Street official who resigned after the 2017 general election (4,7) |
| SEANSPICER | Donald Trump press secretary who resigned after 182 days on the job: 2 wds. |
| EDWINA | ___ Currie, Health minister who resigned after raising alarms about salmonella in eggs (6) |
| LAMONT | Norman, UK Chancellor who resigned after the fallout of Black Wednesday in 1992 (6) |
| CURRIE | 1980s minister who resigned after saying most eggs contained salmonella (6,6) |
| PROFUMO | British Secretary of State for War who resigned after a 1963 sex scandal (7) |
| KEOGH | Casualty medic who resigned after a run-in with Patrick Onley (5,5) |
| DYLAN | Casualty medic who resigned after a run-in with Patrick Onley (5,5) |
