| DORTMUND | Borussia ........, German football club (8) |
| MONCHENGLADBACH | Borussia --, German football club in the Bundesliga (15) |
| BORUSSIADORTMUND | German football club, home ground Westfalenstadion (8,8) |
| BAYERNMUNICH | German football club (6,6) |
| MUNICH | Bayern ___, mega German football club (6) |
| BREMEN | Werder ......, German football club (6) |
| BAYERN | Munich, German football club (6) |
| BAYER | ___ Leverkusen, German football club (5) |
| VINICIUS | Who scored a hat-trick for Real Madrid in its stunning comeback victory over Borussia Dortmund in a third round Champions League Football encounter? (8) |
| GUIRASSY | Serhou ........ , Guinea and Borussia Dortmund striker (8) |
| ALBERMAN | Gal ........ , 2002-13 Israel and 2008-10 Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder (8) |
| SABITZER | Marcel -, Austria, Borussia Dortmund and 2021-23 Bayern Munich midfielder (8) |
| SCHURRLE | 2010-17 Germany, 2013-15 Chelsea and 2016-20 Borussia Dortmund attacker (8) |
| SCHAFFER | 1974-83 Borussia Monchengladbach defender; 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cup final winner (5,8) |
| ELF | Mischief-maker in German football team? (3) |
| DRESDEN | Dynamo ....... , German football team (7) |
| SELF | Will English writer start to support German football team? (4) |
| KLOPP | Jurgen, German football coach who left Liverpool in 2024 (5) |
| KLASSIKER | Any match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, also known as the "German Clasico." (9) |
| EMRECAN | German footballer, once of Liverpool, now captain of Borussia Dortmund (4,3) |
