| INTERWEAVE | Bury and Aston Villa initially in small tangle (10) |
| LUVVIES | Fibs about United v Villa initially affected players? |
| PAULMERSON | Former Arsenal and Aston Villa FC attacking midfielder born in 1968 turned TV pundit (4,6) |
| INTERNSHIP | A certain type of post to bury, and poles with it |
| KACHLOUL | Midfielder who played for Morocco in the 1994 World Cup, afterwards joining several clubs, including Southampton and Aston Villa, before his retirement in 2005. (8) |
| SHERWOOD | Tim ........, Spurs and Aston Villa manager (8) ..... Claus, Derby winner in 1964 |
| YORKE | Dwight ..... , former Trinidad and Tobago and Aston Villa attacker (5) |
| GARDE | Remi ..... , former Arsenal centre-back and manager of Lyon and Aston Villa (5) |
| GROOVE | Furrow observed initially in small wood |
| SCILICET | Introduction to explanation, initially in small capitals? |
| VIAL | Vitamin is always left initially in small glass vessel |
| CAMEOS | Appeared on screen initially in small roles (6) |
| NZOGBIA | Charles ___, French footballer who played for Newcastle United, Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa in the Premier League, having begun his career at "23" |
| TIMSHERWOOD | ____ won three caps for England and went on to manage Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa |
| ANGEL | Juan Pablo ___, former Colombia and Aston Villa forward (5) |
| NIGELKENNEDY | Violinist and Aston Villa supporter |
| MARLON | Harewood, Nottingham Forest, West Ham United and Aston Villa striker (6) |
| SAMBA | Christopher ..... , Congo and Aston Villa defender (5) |
| HADJI | Mustapha ___, Moroccan international footballer who had spells at Coventry City and Aston Villa |
| LES | ... Sealey, Coventry City, Manchester United and Aston Villa goalkeeper (3) |
