| JONSON | 9 6 16 Jack, leading scorer in two legs (6) |
| JOKER | Card game Jack's leading - no pressure |
| NICKLAUS | This golfer, known as the Golden Bear, won his first major tournament at 16; Jack ... |
| BUCHAN | 9 6 16 dunking roll in tea? The opposite (6) |
| FEMORA | Association admits Rome reversal in two legs (6) |
| ELEVEN | Those playing a match in two legs? (6) |
| JORDAN | Michael, basketball player who was leading scorer in the NBA 1987-93 (6) |
| GOETHE | 9 6 16 massaged ego, then stopped short (6) |
| CONRAD | 9 6 16 hoax involving American gunmen (6) |
| CICERO | 9 6 16 church has half of Room 101 at the front (6) |
| LANDOR | 9 6 16 part of Germany, more central (6) |
| LEBRON | 2012, 2013 and 2016 NBA Finals MVP; youngest player to reach 30,000 regularseason points and all-time leading scorer in NBA history (6,5) |
| TROIKA | Triumvirate (6 16 Change direction abruptly (6) |
| RABADA | K ___, South Africa cricketer who took 6-16 on his 2015 ODI debut against Bangladesh at Mirpur (6) |
| NIKITAPARRIS | Brighton & Hove Albion and England footballer, a former all-time leading scorer in the Women's Super League (6,6) |
| WYVERN | Heraldic dragon with two legs and two wings (6) |
| AUDEN | 9 6 16, usually first in a haunt of vice (5) |
| ONSTAGE | Performing in two legs (2,5) |
| JAMES | 2012, 2013 and 2016 NBA Finals MVP; youngest player to reach 30,000 regularseason points and all-time leading scorer in NBA history (6,5) |
| MASONCROSBY | Kicker who became Green Bay's all-time leading scorer in 2015 (XXXIII, 7) |