| RIMLESS | Style of glasses worn by Sven-Göran Eriksson |
| COLOURED | The shade of glasses worn by an optimist (4,8) |
| ROSE | The shade of glasses worn by an optimist (4,8) |
| SPECIES | Sort of glasses worn by Irene on vacation |
| NEZ | Pince-___ (style of glasses) |
| SPECIMENS | Samples in glasses worn by Indian soldiers (9) |
| KEEGAN | England manager before Sven-Goran Eriksson, Kevin ... (6) |
| STEVEMACLARAN | Former England football manager who replaced Sven-goran Eriksson (5,8) |
| TORDGRIP | 2001-06 England football assistant manager under Sven-Goran Eriksson (4,4) |
| GRIP | Tord, assistant to Sven-Goran Eriksson as England football coach (4) |
| ONTHENOSE | Smelly glasses worn here (2,3,4) |
| GOGGLES | Glasses worn when swimming (7) |
| SALTBAE | Meme-based nickname of Turkish restaurateur Nusret Gökçe, whose London outlet charges over £600 for some steaks |
| RAGNAROK | Artist called up fine source for Götterdämmerung |
| ELYSIUM | "Freude, schöner Götterfunken / Tochter aus ____" (Ode to Joy lyrics) |
| GEE | Introduction to Götterdämmerung that surprises me! |
| LEIF | ___ Eriksson (early European explorer of North America) |
| SVEN | Former manager of England's football team, _-Goran Eriksson (4) |
| RAVEN | In Wagner's Götterdämmerung, two ____s fly overhead just before Siegfried is killed |
| SWEDISH | Like Eriksson, smart to take in journalist (7) |
