| RBS | Sponsor of the Six Nations for many years. (1,1,1) |
| HALFADOZEN | Number of the teams in the Six Nations, for instance, get fair share that's key to the rest and has a bearing (4,1,5) |
| NEA | Sponsor of the Poetry Out Loud program, for short |
| KFC | Sponsor of the Lifetime mini- movie "A Recipe for Seduction" |
| AOC | Co-sponsor of the DEFIANCE Act, for short |
| IBM | Sponsor of the Deep Blue chess computer |
| PNC | Sponsor of the Pirates' ballpark |
| ADA | Sponsor of the Give Kids a Smile program |
| EON | Sponsors of the FA Cup for four seasons from 2006/7 |
| CAYUGA | One of the Six Nations of the Grand River |
| CRO | Adriatic Sea nation, for short |
| UAE | Oil-rich nation, for short |
| USA | Stars-and-stripes nation, for short |
| ROK | Seoul's nation, for short |
| POL | Krakow's nation for short |
| AUS | Sydney's nation for short |
| PAK | Karachi's nation for short |
| NAM | Hanoi's nation for short |
| ODOGWU | Paolo - - - , England squad player who sat out the whole of the Six Nations (6) |
| ABADIE | Esteban - - - , Toulon back-row named in France's squad at the start of the Six Nations (6) |
