| WILKINSON | Surname of former England rugby player Jonny (9) |
| MATTDAWSON | Former England rugby player who became a team captain on A Question of Sport in 2004 |
| MIKE | Former England rugby player, _ Tindall (4) |
| FERRET | Nickname of Welsh darts player Jonny Clayton (6) |
| ANDYGOODE | Former Worcester Warriors and England rugby player (4,5) |
| DALLAGLIO | Former England Rugby Union captain (8,9) |
| SCRUMHALF | Playing position of former England and Lions team member Matt Dawson (5,4) |
| LANCASTER | Stuart - - -, former England rugby coach |
| DAWSON | Matt ---, former England rugby union player; a member of the 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning side (6) |
| ECCLESTONE | Surname of former chief executive of the Formula One Group (10) |
| REVERIE | Dream of former England manager welcoming jeers occasionally (7) |
| COLEENROONEY | Wife of former England football captain Wayne (6,6) |
| ESSEX | Birth county of former England cricketers Graham Gooch and Nasser Hussain? (5) |
| PLUM | Nickname of former England Test cricketer Pelham Warner |
| SYD | Nickname of former England and Gloucestershire fast-bowler Lawrence (3) |
| ROGERUTTLEY | England rugby player who captained England five times in the 1970s (5,6) |
| CHRIS | Dual-code England rugby player at Saracens since 2012 (5,6) |
| OWEN | ___ Farrell, England rugby player (4) |
| ASHTON | Dual-code England rugby player at Worcester Warriors since January (5,6) |
| TINDALL | England rugby player who is married to Zara Phillips, Mike _ (7) |
