| SHAQIRI | Swiss player Xherdan ___, whose brace of goals in their last league match helped them qualify for the knockouts of Euro 2020 |
| LUKAKU | Scorer of the first brace of goals at Euro 2020, in Belgium's 3-0 win over Russia in Group B |
| KOSOVO | Disputed territory in the Balkans in which Liverpool FC player Xherdan Shaqiri was born |
| SANOGO | Yaya ___, Arsenal striker who scored four goals in their 5-1 win over Benfica in the Emirates Cup in August (6) |
| CARROLL | Last league player to represent NZ and Australia (7) |
| LUCRE | With hindsight, murkier culture helped them hide money |
| GUERREIRO | Portugal player who scored in their Group F win against Hungary, and then scored an own goal in their loss to Germany |
| RUSSO | Alessia, footballer who backheeled the Lionesses' third goal in their semifinal win in Euro 2022 (5) |
| FIVE | Number of goals scored by Spain vs. Slovakia in their last Euro 2020 league stage match |
| PAIR | A brace of pheasants, couple of lovers, distich of lines, duo of rowers, duet of singers, dyad of gloves, flight of stairs, yoke of oxen or other two of a kind or twinset of equal things (4) |
| ELEVENPLUS | An examination taken in some English regions by students in their last year of primary education |
| BLOODPRESSURE | The normal range of this measure in humans is less than 140 for the systolic and less than 80 for th |
| IRAN | Asian team that drew 1-1 with Portugal in their last 2018 World Cup match (4) |
| LEEWAY | The navigator on board has to make allowance for this sideways drift or movement of a vessel (for th |
| UTHAPPA | India's league match vs. Pakistan was tied and saw a bowl out to decide the winner. Sehwag, Harbhajan, and which player (surname only) bowled for India in the bowl out? |
| WIDGET | A little invention creates first of goals in extra time (6) |
| THREE | Number of goals in a hat trick |
| KEEPERS | Museum/gallery custodians; or, guardians of goals in sports (7) |
| SENIOR | Student in their last year of high school |
| OLYMPICS | Carries The Hoops emblem perhaps on its merchandise ? no wonder a lot of people carry a torch for th |
