| 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) |
| HHOYS | The ___, a nickname of Queens Park Rangers and Celtic (5) |
| IRONS | The ___, a nickname of West Ham (5) |
| STEELMEN | The ___, a nickname of Scottish football club Motherwell (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) |
| THEBLUES | The 'King Of ___', a nickname of singer-songwriter B.B. King (3,5) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| LIONHEART | A nickname of Richard I (9) |
| MOTORCITY | A nickname of Detroit (5,4) |
