| HIGGINS | John, Scottish snooker player nicknamed The Wizard of Wishaw (7) |
| JOHNHIGGINS | Scottish snooker player nicknamed the 'Wizard of Wishaw' (4,7) |
| DOTT | Graeme, Scottish snooker player nicknamed The Pocket Dynamo (4) |
| DRIBBLE | The English footballing great Stanley Matthews was nicknamed 'the Wizard of ___' (7) |
| STEPHEN | Forename of Scottish snooker player Maguire, winner of the 2004 UK Championship (7) |
| ANTHONY | .... McGill, Scottish snooker player (7) |
| REARDON | Ray ___, Welsh snooker player nicknamed 'Dracula' who won six World Championships |
| OGILVIE | St John, Scottish Jesuit priest and martyr finally canonised in 1976 (7) |
| MACLEOD | John -; Scottish scientist who co-discovered insulin (7) |
| BALLIOL | John ----, Scottish king aka Toom Tabard (7) |
| STANLEYMATTHEWS | Knighted English footballer nicknamed The Wizard of the Dribble (7,8) |
| TRUMP | Judd, English snooker player nicknamed The Ace in the Pack who won the 2019 World Championship (5) |
| HENDRY | Stephen, Scottish ex-snooker player nicknamed The Ice Man (6) |
| RONNIEOSULLIVAN | English snooker player nicknamed The Rocket because of his rapid playing style (6,9) |
| WIZARD | John Higgins, snooker's ___ of Wishaw (6) |
| SMITH | Shortstop nicknamed the "Wizard of Oz" |
| EDISON | U.S. inventor born in 1847 nicknamed the Wizard of Menlo Park (6) |
| STEPHENHENDRY | Scottish snooker player who came out of retirement at the 2021 World Championship to win his first match in nine years (7,6) |
| POTTHELOTDOTT | Another nickname for the Scottish snooker player often called the Pocket Dynamo |
| WHITE | Jimmy _; snooker player nicknamed 'The Whirlwind' (5) |
