| HENDRY | Scottish footballer, Colin, b. 1965 - Scottish snooker player, Stephen, b. 1969 (6) |
| SHORT | Nigel ___ (b 1965), Lancashire-born chess grandmaster (5) |
| MCGILL | Scottish snooker player who won the 2016 Indian Open, Anthony_ (6) |
| LITTLE | Kim _, Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains Arsenal WFC (6) |
| IRVINE | Hazel _, Scottish snooker presenter (6) |
| RANGER | Lone cowboy now a Scottish footballer (6) |
| STJOHN | Ian --- ---, Scottish footballer who played for Liverpool from 1961-71 (2,4) |
| HEARTS | Scottish footballers playing cards (6) |
| STEPHENHENDRY | Scottish snooker player who was seven-time world champion in the 1990s (7,6) |
| STEPHEN | Scottish snooker player who won the World Championship seven times in the 1990s (7,6) |
| POTTHELOTDOTT | Another nickname for the Scottish snooker player often called the Pocket Dynamo |
| DOTT | Graeme ___, Scottish snooker player who won the 2006 World Championship |
| JOHN | Scottish snooker player and four-time World Champion _ Higgins (4) |
| HIGGINS | John, Scottish snooker player nicknamed The Wizard of Wishaw (7) |
| JOHNHIGGINS | Scottish snooker player who won the first of his four world titles in 1998 |
| ANTHONY | .... McGill, Scottish snooker player (7) |
| GRAF | Stefi ___ (b 1969), tennis-player who won 22 major singles titles (4) |
| MOPED | Ex-rugby player Stephen Canny tackled a thief riding a - - - (5) |
| WARNE | Shane ___ (b 1969), Australian bowler who took 708 Test wickets (5) |
| SHEEN | Michael ___ (b 1969), a prominent Welsh actor (5) |