| ORRELL | Wigan-based rugby union team in the top flight from 1987-88 to 1996-97 (6) |
| ALLIED | - - - Dunbar, life assurance group that sponsored England's top flight from 1997-2000 (6) |
| FMBANDS | They range from 88 to 108 MHz |
| SNL | Conan O'Brien's employer from '88 to '91 |
| STANDARDLIEGE | Football team who have been in the top flight without interruption since 1921, longer than any other Belgian side (8,5) |
| GREAVES | Jimmy ___, all-time highest scorer in the top flight of English football (7) |
| GLAMORGAN | ....... Wanderers. Cardiff-based rugby union club (9) |
| WALLACE | Wigan-based inventor voiced by Peter Sallis |
| GEORGE | Jamie, hooker appointed captain of the England rugby union team in 2024 (6) |
| NOWELL | Jack, Exeter Chiefs winger who made his debut for England's rugby union team in 2014 (6) |
| COTTEE | Who sailed solo around the world in 1987-88, Kay ... (6) |
| DURHAM | ___ Wasps, English ice hockey team that operated from 1947 to 1996 (6) |
| SMOKER | Barbara ___, activist who was President of the National Secular Society from 1971 to 1996 |
| OLDEST | "The _ Rookie" (1987-88) |
| LAWAND | "The ___ Harry McGraw" (1987-88) |
| TAWANA | Brawley in 1987-88 headlines |
| BHUTTO | Benazir, prime minister of Pakistan from 1993 to 1996 (6) |
| GATLAND | Warren ---, coach of the Wales men's rugby union team in two spells: 2007-19 and 2022-25 (7) |
| MILAN | The only Italian football club to have never been relegated from the top flight (5,5) |
| INTER | The only Italian football club to have never been relegated from the top flight (5,5) |
