| IAMSON | Will ___, captain of Team England in Euro and World Champs 2022 (6) |
| CARLING | Will _, captain of England's rugby union team 59 times from 1988 to 96 (7) |
| MICKVIALS | Captained Feeder Team England in World Champs, Serbia 2023 (*lacks vim!) (4,5) |
| DENT | James, member of Team England European champs 2022, Portugal (*tend) (4) |
| UNITED | Unanticipated dropping of captain of team in Galway (6) |
| EVES | Mark ___, member of Team England Disabled Squad 2023 (4) |
| SKIPPER | Captain of team or boat - type of butterfly (7) |
| LINEAR | ___ Fisheries, venue of Womens Carp World Champs 2022 (6) |
| STOKES | Ben _, captain of the England Test Cricket team (6) |
| DICKIE | Captain of Vets World Champs team 2021 (6,4) |
| GEORGE | Brandon ___, in England team for U-25 World Champs 2025 (6) |
| GODFREY | Matt _, Team England member, Euro/World Champs 2022 (7) |
| SERBIA | Country that won World Feeder Champs 2022 (6) |
| LESLIE | Andy ___ captain of the All Blacks on their tour to South Africa in 1976 (6) |
| CALLUM | ___ Jennings, member of England Under 205 World Champs 2023 (6) |
| ASHBY | Sean, Team England member for World Champs 2022 (5) |
| DOWNES | England U25 squad manager for Youth World Champs 2024 (4,6) |
| LATVIA | Country - hosted 2024 Ladies Carp World Champs - in flat viaduct (6) |
| ATTEFF | In short - the Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing (2-4) |
| ASHLEY | ___ Blunt, three-times Fish South champ 2022/23/24 (6) |
