| VINNIE | ___ Jones, former professional footballer and Snatch actor (6) |
| DEL | Traffic and Snatch actor, Benicio ___ Toro (3) |
| GRAHAM | Stephen _, Snatch actor (6) |
| LEROI | ___ Jones (former name of the writer Amiri Baraka) |
| YOTO | ___ Jones, former Alabama senator |
| JASONSTATHAM | Snatch actor who stars in all four movies of The Expendables franchise: 2 wds. |
| LITTLE | Floyd ___ former professional footballer whose birthday is on Independence Day |
| SHAPPS | Tory politician whose cousin is Mick Jones, former lead guitarist of rock band The Clash |
| DAVIDGINOLA | French former professional footballer in I'm A Celeb in 2021 (5,6) |
| CROOKS | Garth _, football pundit and former professional player (6) |
| JULIO | Spanish singer/songwriter and former professional footballer born in Madrid in 1943 (5,8) |
| DAVID | __ Beckham, English former professional footballer |
| GASCOIGNE | Paul _, former professional footballer nicknamed Gazza (9) |
| ROSEY | ___ Taylor former professional footballer whose birthday is on Independence Day |
| RIO | Former professional footballer, _ Ferdinand (3) |
| PATRICE | _ Evra, French former professional footballer (7) |
| IGLESIAS | Spanish singer/songwriterand former professional footballer born in Madrid in 1943 (5,8) |
| NICOLA | _ Adams, former professional boxer expecting a baby with her girlfriend (6) |
| NASEEM | _ Hamed, British former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2002 (6) |
| LENNOX | Former professional boxer, _ Lewis (6) |
