| KANSAS | ___ City Chiefs, U.S. football team who were runners-up in the 2021 Super Bowl (6) |
| TAMPA | Florida city that hosted the 2021 Super Bowl |
| THEWEEKND | He performed Can't Feel My Face during the 2021 Super Bowl halftime show: 2 wds. |
| WALLSTREET | Chief U.S. financial centre (4,6) |
| ATTORNEYGENERAL | Chief U.S. law officer |
| ROSS | Chief U.S. Syria/Israel negotiator Dennis |
| CHIEFS | Kansas City ____, U.S. football team who first won the Super Bowl in 1970 (6) |
| GIANTS | New York ___ , U.S. football team who share the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey with the Jets (6) |
| ELEVEN | The number of players in a U.S. football team (6) |
| RAVENS | Baltimore ____ , U.S. football team established in 1996 (6) |
| ASTROS | Runners-up in the 2005 World Series |
| INCUBI | Nightmares for runners-up in discus -- one scatty judge absolutely tipsy (6) |
| TAMPABAY | ___ Buccaneers, U.S. football team that won the Super Bowl for the second time in February 2021 (5,3) |
| BRIGHTONANDHOVE | _____ Albion, football team who were FA Cup runners-up in 1983 (8,3,4) |
| ARIZONA | ____ Cardinals, U.S. football team who play their home games in Phoenix (7) |
| RAIDERS | Las Vegas ____, U.S. football team who originally played at Oakland in California (7) |
| GREENBAYPACKERS | U.S. football team that won the inaugural Super Bowl in 1966 (5,3,7) |
| REPECHAGE | A race in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final (9) |
| ASTON | --- Villa, football team who were First Division champions in the 1980-81 season (5) |
| SEAHAWKS | The name of Seattle's U.S. football team founded in 1974 (8) |
