| AURIER | Serge -, captain of defending Africa Cup of Nations champions Cote d'Ivoire; at Tottenham Hotspur from 2017-21 |
| ZAMBIA | 2012 Africa Cup of Nations champions (6) |
| EGYPT | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations runners-up nicknamed The Pharaohs coached by Rui Vitoria since 2022; hosts of the competition in 1974, 1986, 2006 and 2019 (5) |
| ELHADARY | Essam .. ...... , 1996-2018 Egypt goalkeeper; oldest ever FIFA World Cup player and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations final winner (2-6) |
| MALAWI | CAF nation whose home is the Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe; 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Round of 16 losers to Morocco (6) |
| LEONE | Sierra ....., in football, country that has qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations on three occasions (5) |
| CAMEROON | Country that hosted the football tournament Africa Cup of Nations in 2022 (8) |
| BENIN | CAF nation, 2019 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finalists, coached by Gernot Rohr since 2023 (5) |
| OBOABONA | Godfrey ........ , 2012-16 Nigeria defender; 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Final winner (8) |
| NIGERIA | 1994 Africa Cup of Nations winners (7) |
| SENEGAL | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations winners (7) |
| GABON | Africa Cup of Nations 2017 hosts (5) |
| GHANA | 1963 and 1978 Africa Cup of Nations hosts and winners (5) |
| TOGO | 2010 Africa Cup of Nations team attacked by gunmen (4) |
| EXHILARATION | "The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the ____ of a vice" (GK Chesterton) |
| MAURICIOPOCHETTINO | Manager who left Southampton to take over at Tottenham Hotspur in 2014 (8,10) |
| JERMAINDEFOE | Former England striker who had two spells at Tottenham Hotspur before returning as a youth team coach |
| DAVIDPLEAT | Manager who had three caretaker spells at Tottenham Hotspur after resigning as permanent manager in 1987 |
| NAYBET | Noureddine ___, central defender who ended his career at Tottenham Hotspur in 2006 having won 115 caps for Morocco |
| FREE | Saracens offered some - - - tickets to school pupils for their match v Quins at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (4) |
