| AZINGER | Victorious captain at 2008 Ryder Cup (7) |
| ROKU | Video spin-oft at 2008 |
| SAMTORRANCE | Victorious captain of the European Ryder Cup team in 2002 |
| MAROITOJE | Victorious captain of the British & Irish Lions on their 2025 tour to Australia (4,5) |
| PAULAZINGER | Victorious American captain in the 2008 Ryder Cup |
| BREMNER | Billy --, Scotland's captain at the 1974 FIFA World Cup (7) |
| BECKHAM | David ___, England football (soccer) captain at the World Cup (7) |
| BRIDGET | Female saint in place of captain at head of troops (7) |
| JEDINAK | Socceroos captain at the 2014 and 2018 World Cups (7) |
| CARLING | Former rugby union player who was England's youngest captain at 22 (7) |
| MASTERY | Great skill shown by captain at the end of the day |
| DONALD | Luke -, English golfer; winning captain at the 2025 Ryder Cup (6) |
| KARENMORAS | Which Australian freestyle swimmer won a bronze medal at the 1968 Olympic Games, three gold medals at the 1970 Commonwealth Games and was the swimming team captain at the Munich Olympic Games? (5,5) |
| BJORN | Thomas, Danish golfer who was European captain at the 2018 Ryder Cup (5) |
| CLAUDIOREINA | Former US captain at Manchester City from 2003-07 (7,5) |
| BRIDGEPROBLEM | Would captain at the helm solve this puzzling question? (6,7) |
| DHONI | The winning captain at the 2007 T20 Cricket World Cup |
| MILLS | Mick ..... , England football captain at the 1982 World Cup Finals (5) |
| MENSAH | John ...... , Ghana football captain at the 2010 World Cup (6) |
| SMIT | John, Springboks captain at the 2007 World Cup (4) |
