| SARDINIAN | Resident of Cagliari |
| RAIL | Track from the west of Cagliari (4) |
| GOLDONI | Italian playwright's work put on in centre of Cagliari |
| SARDINIA | With the capital Cagliari and situated directly south of Corsica, the secondlargest island in the Mediterranean Sea, site of Costa Smeralda (8) |
| ARISEN | Something's come up in Cagliari, senator |
| SAR | Where Cagliari is cap. |
| RICOTTA | Tucked into Cagliari cottage cheese (7) |
| MINA | Yerry,, Colombia and Cagliari defender (4) |
| ISLA | Mauricio .... , Cagliari and Chile defender/ midfielder once at Udinese (4) |
| SARDEGNA | Italian name for the island whose capital is Cagliari |
| BARELLA | Italy, Inter Milan and 2015-20 Cagliari midfielder (7) |
| NICOLO | Italy, Inter Milan and 2015-20 Cagliari midfielder (6) |
| CERA | Pierluigi .... , 1969-72 Italy, 1957-64 Verona, 1964-73 Cagliari and 1973-79 Cesena defender (4) |
| PISANO | Francesco ......, 2004-15 Cagliari and 2015-16 Bolton defender (6) |
| RIVA | 1965-74 Italy and 1963-76 Cagliari forward (4) |
| LUIGI | 1965-74 Italy and 1963-76 Cagliari forward (5) |
| RAZVAN | Romania, Cagliari, 2017-19 Standard Liege and 2019-21 Ajax midfielder (6,5) |
| MARIN | Romania, Cagliari, 2017-19 Standard Liege and 2019-21 Ajax midfielder (6,5) |
| LUIGIRIVA | 1965-74 Italy and 1963-76 Cagliari forward (5,4) |
| SASSARI | City in northern Sardinia with a light rail system and a rail link to Cagliari (7) |
