| NIU | Tonga and Dolphins fullback, Tesi... (3) |
| ALEC | Dolphins fullback Ingold |
| VEA | Taione ..., 2013 Tonga and 2015-16 Newcastle Falcons prop (3) |
| FIA | Tonga and 2015-2022 Ospreys prop (3) |
| SEA | Place for sharks and dolphins |
| NFL | League with Lions, Cardinals, and Dolphins |
| AFC | The Bengals, Colts and Dolphins play in it: Abbr |
| BRENKO | Tonga and ex-Dolphins centre, ... Lee (6) |
| MAAFU | Tonga and 2015-2022 Ospreys prop (2'3) |
| ABELTASMAN | Dutch navigator who was the first European discoverer of New Zealand (1642) and Tonga and Fiji (1643) (4,6) |
| TASMAN | Abel ___, Dutch navigator whose discoveries include New Zealand and the Tonga and Fiji Islands |
| LILO | 2007-2015 Tonga and 2010-2012 Bordeaux-Begles fullback (5,4) |
| VUNGA | 2007-2015 Tonga and 2010-2012 Bordeaux-Begles fullback (5,4) |
| POLYNESIA | Samoa, Tonga and more |
| FIJI | Island neighbor of Tonga and Tuvalu |
| ATELEA | 2009 Tonga and 2015-16 St Helens backrower (6) |
| TESI | Tonga, Broncos and Dolphins winger, ... Niu (4) |
| ARCHER | Garath - - - , former England lock who played against Tonga and Fiji at RWC 1999 (6) |
| NIUE | Island country in the South Pacific east of Tonga and west of the Cook Islands; capital, Alofi (4) |
| ECHOLOCATION | Skill shared by bats and dolphins, and a hint to the starred answers |