| LUIZ | __ Inaacio Lula da Silva: 2003-'10 Brazilian president |
| LULA | Brazilian politician Luiz In¡cio Lula da Silva (4) |
| SILVA | Luiz In¡cio Lula da ___: Brazilian president |
| LUCIO | By what name is the Brazilian footballer Lucimar Ferreira da Silva better known? (5) |
| DOYLE | Character played by Nicole da Silva in TV'S Wentworth, Franky ___ (5) |
| ALVES | Daniel ... da Silva, footballer who plays for Sao Paulo and Brazil. (5) |
| EDUARDO | Da Silva of soccer |
| POLEVAULT | 2016 Olympic event won by Thiago Braz da Silva and Katerina Stefanidi in their respective competitions (4,5) |
| BRICS | Multination org. named for its first five members (its '23 summit included da Silva, Lavrov, Modi, Xi, and the ANC leader) |
| BUSH | Forest's something eliminated by Brazilian president (4) |
| VARGAS | Getulio, dictatorial Brazilian president (1930-45, 1951-54) (6) |
| ULULATES | Brazilian president gets note in America and emits high-pitched rhythmic sound (8) |
| UPSON | Matthew ..... , 2003-10 England, 1997-2003 Arsenal, 2003-07 Birmingham City, 2007-11 West Ham United, 2011-13 Stoke City and 2013-14 Brighton & Hove Albion defender (5) |
| DECO | 2003-10 Portugal and 2008-10 Chelsea midfielder (4) |
| CONRAD | Jimmy ...... , 2005-10 USA and 2003-10 Kansas City Wizards defender; San Francisco Glens technical director (6) |
| BALKENENDE | Jan Peter, Prime Minister of the Netherlands re-elected in 2003 (10) |
| COLDCASE | 2003-10 crime drama series (2) |
| CASE | 2003-10 crime drama series (2) |
| COLD | 2003-10 crime drama series (2) |
| YUGOSLAVIA | Balkan country created in 1918 and dissolved in 2003 (10) |
