| ROUS | Stanley -, FIFA president from 1961-74 |
| STANLEYROUS | FIFA president from 1961-74 (7,4) |
| SEPP | Former FIFA President, - Blatter (4) |
| RAMSEY | Arthur Michael ___, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1961-74 (6) |
| RUSK | Dean ?, US Secretary of State from 1961-69 (4) |
| UCCA | Clearing house for university applications in the UK from 1961-93 (inits) (4) |
| RAMA | "___ Lama Ding Dong" (hit song from 1961) |
| LAMA | "Rama ___ Ding Dong" (hit song from 1961) |
| JFK | US president from 1961 to 1963: Abbr. |
| MRED | Talking palomino horse who appeared on screen from 1961-66 (2,2) |
| BLATTER | FIFA President until 2015 (4,7) |
| RONGREENWOOD | Former manager of West Ham United (1961-74) |
| REVIE | Don ..... , 1961-74 Leeds United, 1974-77 England and 1977-80 UAE manager (5) |
| RIMET | Jules ___, 1921-54 FIFA President (5) |
| AHEADOFTHEGAME | Possibly FIFA President in advantageous position |
| INFANTINO | FIFA president after Sepp Blatter, Gianni ... (9) |
| ELECTION | Infantino won this to become FIFA President in 2016 |
| JULES | 1921-54 FIFA President (5,5) |
| JULESRIMET | 1921-54 FIFA president and the World Cup trophy's old name (5,5) |
| DENIS | 1958-74 Scotland striker at Torino from 1961-62 and Man United from 1962-73 between Spells at Man City (5) |
