| JONAHLOMU | Wing capped 63 times by the All Blacks (5,4) |
| DAUGA | Benoit ....., forward capped 63 times by France 1964-72 (5) |
| DANIE | -... Rossouw, in rugby union, South African forward capped 63 times from 2003 to 2011(5) |
| SALMON | Jamie, centre capped by the All Blacks and England (5) |
| HAKA | Ceremonial dance performed by the All Blacks and the Black Ferns |
| TOTEMPOLE | Books returned on time by the French post (5,4) |
| CLEPSYDRA | A clock measuring time by the trickling of water (9) |
| THOUSANDS | Lots of you, at one time, by the front and back of Selfridges |
| ROYALFERN | Species of plant Osmunda, related to the species depicted as a single leaf on the emblem of the All Blacks (5,4) |
| TRANSVAAL | The first match at South Africa's Ellis Park was played between the All Blacks and this provincial s |
| ORIGINALS | Name given to 1905 NZ rugby team, the first to be called the All Blacks (9) |
| STUWILSON | Wellington winger who played 34 tests for the All Blacks 1977-1983, scoring 19 tries (3,6) |
| PEACE | Which novel was copied by hand seven times by the author's wife, who also raised eight children? (3,3,5) |
| WARAND | Which novel was copied by hand seven times by the author's wife, who also raised eight children? (3,3,5) |
| LUDLOW | National Hunt racecourse crossed three times by the B4365 road (6) |
| NHL | Organization whose championship has been won 24 times by the Montreal Canadiens: Abbr. |
| TEMPI | Times by the score (5) |
| BALL | As played by the all-rounder? (4) |
| ENDS | "It ___ Tonight" (2005 song by the All-American Rejects) |
| QUIXOTE | Don -; novel by Miguel de Cervantes, voted the greatest book of all time by the Nobel Institute (7) |
