| BLACKCATS | The ___ , a nickname of Sunderland AFC (5,4) |
| ROKERPARK | Home of Sunderland AFC from 1897 to 1997 |
| ROKER | _ Park, home of Sunderland AFC from 1898 to 1997 (5) |
| THROSTLES | The ___, a nickname of West Bromwich Albion (9) |
| CHAIRBOYS | The ___ , a nickname of Wycombe (9) |
| GREATEST | The ____, a nickname of U.S. heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali (8) |
| ORLEANS | The Maid Of ____, a nickname of Joan of Arc (7) |
| SLUSHFUND | Drunk larks in outskirts of Sunderland, the capital for corruption! (5,4) |
| CORPORAL | The Little ___ , a nickname of the French military and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte (8) |
| CRIME | Queen of ___; a nickname of detective novelist Agatha Christie (5) |
| SPLITTER | The Rail ____, a nickname of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (8) |
| ROWLEY | Old ____, a nickname of King Charles II based on his horse (6) |
| LIONHEART | A nickname of Richard I (9) |
| OLDCONTEMPTIBLES | The ____, a nickname for the British Expeditionary Force, based on a description attributed to Kaiser Wilhelm II |
| EXILES | The ____, a nickname for the rugby union team London Irish (6) |
| BIGAPPLE | The ____ , a nickname for New York City (3,5) |
| QUINN | Niall ..... , 1986-2002 Republic of Ireland, 1983-90 Arsenal, 1990-96 Manchester City and 19962002 Sunderland AFC striker; chairman of The Black Cats from 2006-11 (5) |
| CHARLIE | Bonnie Prince -; a nickname of the Young Pretender immortalised in the Skye Boat Song who led the Jacobite uprising but was defeated at the Battle of Culloden (7) |
| LIGHT | Stadium of ..... , Sunderland home (5) |
| WASHINGTON | Town west of Sunderland (10) |
