| PAULAZINGER | Victorious American captain in the 2008 Ryder Cup |
| AZINGER | Paul ___, victorious American captain in the 2008 Ryder Cup |
| MESSI | Lionel ____ was the losing captain in the first shock result of the 2022 World Cup |
| BEZUFACHE | Captain in the Direction Centrale de la Police Judiciaire in Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code |
| COLONEL | Rank in the British Army that is equivalent to captain in the Royal Navy (7) |
| PARISSE | Sergio ....... , Italy captain in the 2011 Rugby World Cup; the country's most-capped player (7) |
| SPARROW | Jack ---, fictional captain in the Pirates Of The Caribbean film series (7) |
| QUEEG | Deranged minesweeper captain in the Herman Wouk novel The Caine Mutiny (5) |
| IMRANKHAN | Pakistan Test cricket captain in the 1992 World Cup (5,4) |
| NELSON | You'll find the captain in the hold (6) |
| SAMSON | Wicketkeeper and batsman who is the Royals captain in the 2021 IPL |
| WILLCARLING | England rugby union captain in the 1991 World Cup final (4,7) |
| MOORE | Bobby ___, English football captain in the 1966 World Cup final (5) |
| ALEXJESAULENKO | '70s Carlton captain in the AFL Team of the Century (4,10) |
| POWER | Paul, Manchester City captain in the 1981 FA Cup Final (5) |
| KERR | Bobby ...., Sunderland captain in the 1973 FA Cup Final (4) |
| SOCRATES | Brazil captain in the 1982 Football World Cup (8) |
| WAUGH | Captain in the Royal Marines during the Second World War who wrote novels including Decline and Fall |
| BOTHAM | He was New Zealand's stand-in captain in the second Test match against England. (6) |
| TAXI | A team, led by captain in the middle, move slowly along the ground (4) |
