| DIAMONDS | Rushden & ......... former football club based in Irthlingborough in Northamptonshire (8) |
| BARCA | Messi's former football club, briefly |
| GULLIVER | Phil ........ , 2006-07 Hereford United defender between spells at Rushden & Diamonds (8) |
| TALBOT | Brian ......, West Bromwich Albion, Oxford United and Rushden & Diamonds manager (6) |
| BIGNOT | Marcus ...... , 2002-04 Rushden & Diamonds defender between spells at QPR (6) |
| ATLETICO | Spanish football club, based in the capital (8,6) |
| JUVENTUS | Italian football club based in Turin (8) |
| SHAMROCK | ........ Rovers, League of Ireland football club based in Dublin (8) |
| ATALANTA | Italian Serie A football club based in Bergamo |
| COLOCOLO | The most successful Chilean football club, based in Macul, Santiago |
| EASTFIFE | Scottish football club based in the town of Methil (4,4) |
| STMIRREN | Scottish football club based in Paisley (2,6) |
| CHERWELL | River that rises in Northamptonshire and is a tributary of the Thames (8) |
| PAVENTRY | District in Northamptonshire hosting the grand depart of the OVO Energy Women's Tour in June; site of Charles Spencer's home Althorp (8) |
| DAVENTRY | An opening in flat in Northamptonshire town |
| ARSENAL | Football club based in Islington; the first club from the south of England to join the Football League, in 1893 (7) |
| LAZIO | Football club based in Rome, Italian champions in 1974 and 2000 (5) |
| MADRID | Spanish football club, based in the capital (8,6) |
| SIENA | Italian football club based in Tuscany sometimes known as 'The White and Blacks' (5) |
| THIRD | ... Lanark, former Scottish League football club based in Glasgow (5) |
