| EIGHTS | 8 and VIII |
| MIAMI | Super Bowls VII and VIII champs |
| TUDORKINGS | Place in Surrey among the unions for Henrys vii and viii, for instance (5,5) |
| SHULA | Winning coach in Super Bowls VII and VIII |
| THEBALLAD | and 8 and 9 "Lo and behold, a trifle gaga" (anag) - poem by 20 (3,6,2,7,4) |
| SPELLDISASTER | Foully 1ac 26ac with 6ac? That could do it for 8 and 16 (5,8) |
| SCRABBLE | In which X=8 and Z=10 (8) |
| ADAMASHE | Glasgow Warriors and Scotland Number 8 and flanker (4,4) |
| CODEBREAKER | Intelligence agency employee, and what a black square acts as in rows 3, 5, 8 and 11 |
| RIVERMITE | Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway 2-8-2 No. 8 (and No. 9) (5,4) |
| UPPERMANAGEMENT | Top of an organizational chart, and a hint to the first words of 3-, 8- and 17- |
| SPLITLEVEL | Home with a between-floors entrance ... and what can be found on puzzle rows 3, 6, 8 and 10? |
| EURYDICE | The wife of Orpheus whose story is a popular subject in 6/1, 8 and 15 (8) |
| POMPIDOU | French statesman; Prime Minister 1962-8 and President 1969-74 (8) |
| NUMERALS | Man rules out 8 and 13, say (8) |
| MORRIS | Animal 14's 8 and one of 8 14 5's: jigger? |
| BREAKRANKS | Deviate from one's group, and what the black squares in rows 3, 5, 8 and 11 do |
| CHIRAC | French statesman who served as Prime Minister 1974-6 and 1986-8 and President 1995-2007 (7,6) |
| JACQUES | French statesman who served as Prime Minister 1974-6 and 1986-8 and President 1995-2007 (7) |
| DANCER | Animal 14's 8 and one of 8 14 5's: jigger? |
