| BARBARIAN | Member of British invitational rugby union club (9) |
| GLAMORGAN | ....... Wanderers. Cardiff-based rugby union club (9) |
| NEWCASTLE | Premiership rugby union club whose home is Kingston Park (9,7) |
| LEICESTER | English Premiership rugby union club; 2016-17 Anglo-Welsh Cup winners (9,6) |
| KIMPHILBY | Member of British intelligence who worked as a spy for the Soviet Union in the 1930s, '40s and '50s (3,6) |
| BURGESSES | Old members of British parliament produced sailing flag around ship at point (9) |
| CANADACUP | Invitational international ice hockey tournament held on five occasions between 1976 and 1991 |
| BATH | Rugby, Aviva Premiership rugby union club (4) |
| FALCONS | Premiership rugby union club whose home is Kingston Park (9,7) |
| BARBARIANS | British international Rugby Union club where membership is by invitation (10) |
| OLDCONTEMPTIBLE | Member of British Expeditionary Force of 1914 (3,12) |
| WELSH | London ....., rugby union club whose home ground is Old Deer Park (5) |
| OSPREYS | Rugby union club that won the 2007-08 EDF Energy Cup (7) |
| SARACENS | Rugby union club; 2010-11 Aviva Premiership champions (8) |
| WASPS | Aviva Premiership rugby union club based in Coventry (5) |
| BRIVE | French rugby union club; 1997 Heineken Cup Final winners (5) |
| LONDONWELSH | Rugby union club based at Old Deer Park, Richmond (6,5) |
| LONDON | Rugby union club; 2007-08 Guinness Premiership Championship Final winners |
| AGEN | French rugby union club founded in 1908 (4) |
| SALESHARKS | Professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester England: 2 wds. |
