| HIBERNIAN | Scottish football club whose name reflects its founding by Irish immigrants (9) |
| ICHNEUMON | African mongoose whose name reflects its alleged ability to locate crocodile eggs |
| JUVENTUS | Italian football club whose name means "youth" |
| SHOVEL | Spade-like tool whose name reflects its use to roughly "push" (6) |
| URANIUMCITY | This northern Saskatchewan settlement's name reflects its mining heritage: 2 wds. |
| AYRUNITED | Scottish football club with Somerset Park as its home ground (3,6) |
| PITTODRIE | - Stadium, home round of Scottish football club Aberdeen (9) |
| WANDERERS | Wycombe ........., football club whose home ground is Adams Park (9) |
| BLACKBURN | ......... Rovers, football club whose home is Ewood Park (9) |
| BARCELONA | Spanish football club whose home stadium, Camp Nou, is the largest in Europe (9) |
| HEARTS | Scottish football club whose home ground is Tynecastle Park (6) |
| HAMILTON | ...... Academical, Scottish football club whose home ground is New Dou las Park (8) |
| ELGIN | . ..... City, Scottish football club whose home ground is Borough Briggs (5) |
| RANGERS | Scottish football club whose managers have included Walter Smith and Steven Gerrard (7) |
| STMIRREN | Scottish football club whose home matches were at Love Street stadium until 2009 |
| INVERNESS | ......... Caledonian Thistle, Scottish football club (9) |
| LIVERPOOL | Football club whose ground is Anfield (9) |
| AXSEED | Plant whose name reflects the sharp shape of its pods |
| QUASAR | Any one of numerous active galactic nuclei whose name reflects the initial confusion surrounding their almost star-like appearance in optical telescopes or photographic images (6) |
| CBGB | Bygone NYC club whose name was an acronym for the music genres it featured |
