| ASIACUP | Tournament where a struggling batsman served as vice-captain before World Cup drop. (7) |
| IPL | Cricket tournament where a dramatic hit-wicket dismissal to Kusal Mendis stole the spotlight in Mullanpur.(abbrv) (3) |
| NAIQAMA | Wes ....... , centre; Fiji 2013 Rugby League World Cup vice captain (7) |
| BUTTLER | Hard-hitting batsman and wicketkeeper who is the Royals' vice-captain in the 2021 IPL |
| JIMENEZ | He played in four Ryder Cups and was vice-captain three times (7) |
| PENNANT | What kind of object is often exchanged by captains before big football games? (7) |
| LADETTE | - to Lady; reality series that featured Rosemary Shrager as vice principal and cookery teacher (7) |
| ROBERTS | Samantha ___, Vice Captain of Welsh Ladies Carp Team (7) |
| TOOTSIE | Which 1982 film starred Dustin Hoffman as a struggling actor who pretends to be a woman in order to |
| AMATEUR | A struggling team for all to see on river lacking professionalism (7) |
| RAPHAEL | Royal Academy help a struggling artist who influenced 11 (7) |
| BAILOUT | Give financial assistance to a struggling business to save it from collapse (4,3) |
| HUMPHREY | Hubert ___, U.S. politician who served as vice president to Lyndon B. Johnson (8) |
| MIKE | ____ Pence, Republican politician who served as vice president to Donald Trump (4) |
| CHENEY | Dick ___, late U.S. politician who served as vice president under George W. Bush (6) |
| MOORE | Actor who served as an army captain before taking over from Sean Connery as James Bond to become the longest-serving actor in the role (5) |
| SINGLES | In tennis, a tournament where matches are one v one - not doubles! (7) |
| TRENCHCOAT | Later popularised as a fashion item, what was originally developed before World War I for British Army officers? (6,4) |
| USENET | Computer network launched a decade before World Wide Web (6) |
| MAGINOTLINE | Fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border (7,4) |
