| RAHEEM | _ Sterling, England footballer (6) |
| POUND | ___ sterling, UK currency unit (5) |
| CHANNIQUE | ___ Sterling Brown, actress who plays James Bailey's newly arrived sister Dee-Dee in Corrie (9) |
| WADDLE | Chris, ex-Newcastle and England footballer (6) |
| PEARCE | Ex-England footballer nicknamed Psycho (6) |
| ANDREW | ___ Cole, former England footballer (6) |
| KEEGAN | Kevin _, former England footballer and manager (6) |
| MARCUS | _ Rashford, Man Utd and England footballer (6) |
| SEAMAN | David _, former England footballer (6) |
| LENNON | Former England footballer, Aaron _ (6) |
| JARROD | West Ham winger and England footballer, _ Bowen (6) |
| MILNER | James_, England footballer who's the vice captain of Liverpool FC (6) |
| ROBSON | Bryan, ex-Manchester United and England footballer nicknamed Captain Marvel (6) |
| CROUCH | Ex-England footballer content to leave corner - that hurts (6) |
| CARNEY | Karen, TV football pundit and ex-England footballer born in 1987 (6) |
| COMMON | Alf ...... , England footballer whose £1,000 transfer from Sunderland to Middlesbrough in 1905 broke the world record (6) |
| DUGGAN | England footballer who became a mum last year, Toni _ (6) |
| RODNEY | ____ Marsh, former England footballer and TV presenter, with Manchester City from 1972-76 (6) |
| MILLIE | England footballer who captains the Women's Super League club Chelsea, _ Bright (6) |
| OSGOOD | Peter ___, England footballer who left Chelsea for Southampton in 1974 |