| PAULWARNE | Rotherham boss appointed earlier this month (4,5) |
| GUARDIOLA | Pep ___, Manchester City boss appointed in 2016 (9) |
| CARVALHAL | Carlos ......... , Swansea boss appointed in 2017 (9) |
| STERNJOHN | 1995-2011 Trinidad & Tobago forward; Saint Lucia boss appointed in 2022 (5,4) |
| MANIFESTO | *Earlier this month, Italy's prime minister supported a new bill banning the use of English in official communications; this English word meaning "strong statement of beliefs" comes from Italian, as d |
| BRUTALIST | The ___ won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture and Drama earlier this month. (9) |
| MATHYSTEL | French forward who joined Tottenham Hotspur on loan from Bayern Munich earlier this month (6,3) |
| THESECRET | The sixth instalment of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon series, published earlier this month (3,6,2,7) |
| OFSECRETS | The sixth instalment of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon series, published earlier this month (3,6,2,7) |
| SHEFFIELD | Cook reportedly has meadow near Rotherham (9) |
| CHIEDOZIE | Republic of Ireland, Luton, 2018-19 Brentford and 2019-23 Rotherham winger (9) |
| HELLIWELL | Ian ......... , 1987-91 York, 1991 -98 Scunthorpe and 1993-95 Rotherham forward (9) |
| CLAASSENS | 2005-09 Rotherham Titans, 2009-11 London Welsh and 2011-13 Worcester Warriors utility back (5,9) |
| ROSLER | Uwe ___, Fleetwood boss appointed in 2016 (6) |
| WESTLEY | Graham ___, Newport boss appointed in 2016 (7) |
| ARTELL | David ___, Crewe boss appointed in January (6) |
| PENNOCK | Adrian ___, Gillingham boss appointed in January (7) |
| KEWELL | Harry ...... , Crawley boss appointed in May (6) |
| CLOTET | Oxford Town boss appointed in July (3,6) |
| PEP | Oxford Town boss appointed in July (3,6) |
