| DAVIDVINE | Former sports presenter on A Question Of Sport, Grandstand and Match Of The Day (5,4) |
| SCARLETTE | First name of Ms Douglas who was a presenter on A Place In The Sun between 2015 and 2022 (9) |
| DES | Former sports presenter and one-time Countdown host, _ Lynam (3) |
| ANNEDIAMOND | Nick Owen's co-presenter on a BBC One morning show, 1992-96 |
| HOST | Main presenter on a chat or game show (4) |
| LYNAM | Des _, the former host of TV's Grandstand and Match Of The Day (5) |
| DESLYNAM | Former Grandstand and Match of the Day presenter * (3,5) |
| FOOTYSHOW | Former sports star Paul 'Fatty' Vautin hosts The NRL ___ (5,4) |
| DAVIDCOLEMAN | BBC sports commentator at 11 summer Olympics and long-time presenter of Grandstand and A Question of Sport |
| WRESTLING | Dwayne Johnson's former sport (9) |
| BOTHAM | Surname of Ian, cricketer and former team captain on A Question Of Sport (6) |
| MATTDAWSON | Former England rugby player who became a team captain on A Question of Sport in 2004 |
| EMLYNHUGHES | Barrow-born former England international footballer who was a team captain on A Question of Sport |
| PHIL | Former cricketer who was a team captain on A Question Of Sport, _ Tufnell (4) |
| AMBUSHING | Waiting for a thousand to lose in front of grandstand (9) |
| GRIMES | Singer, songwriter and Match Of The Day spin-off presenter, Chelcee _ (6) |
| DAWSON | See picture clue: Matt ------, former captain on A Question of Sport (6) |
| PHILTUFNELL | Left-arm spinner who was a team captain on A Question of Sport from 2008 to 2021 |
| ALLYMCCOIST | Former Scottish footballer, team captain on A Question Of Sport from 1996-2007 (4,7) |
| GARYLINEKER | Retired footballer and Match Of The Day anchor man (4,7) |
