| ROUS | Stanley .... , 1961-74 FIFA President; previously a referee and administrator who rewrote the Laws of the Game (4) |
| RAYILLINGWORTH | Former English cricketer, commentator and administrator who took 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in first class cricket |
| REAGAN | First President previously divorced |
| LESLIEHOREBELISHA | Minister of Transport from 1934 to 1937 who rewrote the Highway Code and introduced the driving test and a beacon at pedestrian crossings |
| AAMIR | Actor who rewrote the climax of his son's film. (First name) (5) |
| AYATOLLAH | A leader of the Shiite sect of the Muslim religion, serving as teacher, judge, and administrator (9) |
| BLATTER | Swiss administrator who was president of FIFA 1998- 2015, banned after a corruption investigation (7) |
| STANLEYROUS | FIFA president from 1961-74 |
| SAMARANCH | Juan Antonio, Spanish sports administrator who served as president of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2001 (9) |
| ALANHARDAKER | EFL administrator who oversaw the 1960 launch of the League Cup (4,8) |
| PREFIX | Bit of a word quietly by referee, and football team retreating |
| DIANA | Princess for whom Elton John rewrote the words to "Candle in the Wind" |
| RENNIE | Uriah ___, late referee and first black official in the Premier League (6) |
| JUDGEANDJURY | Referee and panel to try and sentence one (5,3,4) |
| LOUISIANA | US state on the Gulf of Mexico which was previously a Spanish and French colony (9) |
| JULESRIMET | 1921-54 FIFA president and the World Cup trophy's old name (5,5) |
| REVIE | Don ..... , 1961-74 Leeds United, 1974-77 England and 1977-80 UAE manager (5) |
| PLINY | -- the Younger, c62-c113AD, Roman writer and administrator (5) |
| WEBMASTER | You and I join British teacher and administrator (9) |
| PEPYS | Samuel ___, British diarist and naval administrator who died in 1703 (5) |
