| LINEBACKER | Getting round Nebraska's uneven flanks, one who defeats American football player (10) |
| SHELLAC | Defeat American, establishing record |
| VICTORIACROSS | One who defeats 1A getting award (8,5) |
| UNICAMERAL | Like Nebraska's legislature |
| STEELYARDS | They weigh horses, restraining flanks of lively Arab (10) |
| SEDUCTRESS | Wild reeds cut flanks of Siberia's man-eater (10) |
| MORTADELLA | Meat product all adore, flanks of meat cooked (10) |
| CONGREGATE | Solid flanks good in huge rally (10) |
| STRIPPOKER | Game reveals top centre and full back, as well as flanks with a lot of cheek (5,5) |
| MEATMARKET | Place for shanks and flanks |
| DOAK | Ewell ___ Walker II American football player who was inducted in Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986 |
| QUARTERBACK | American football player who directs the attacking play (11) |
| RAPINOE | Megan Anna ..., American football player who retired recently. (7) |
| WIDERECEIVER | American football player who catches long passes from a quarterback (4,8) |
| CARL | _ Weathers, American football player who played Apollo Creed in the Rocky films (4) |
| NAMATH | Joe, American Football player who led the New York Jets to victory in the 1969 Super Bowl (6) |
| ALAN | ___ Page former professional American football player turned lawyer who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018 |
| FIREMARIO | Video game hero who defeats Goombas with flaming projectiles |
| GIANTKILLER | Person who defeats a more powerful opponent (5-6) |
| OJSIMPSON | Disgraced former American football player (1,1,7) |
