| SMYTH | Musician Patty married to John McEnroe |
| PATTYSMYTH | Scandal lead singer who married John McEnroe |
| SHIA | ---- Labeouf, played John Mcenroe in Borg vs Mcenroe (4) |
| FRAWLEY | Queenslander bowed to eventual winner John McEnroe 1981 Wimbledon semis (7) |
| PLAYLETS | Brief displays of theatrics, something John McEnroe used to do? (8) |
| LABEOUF | He played John McEnroe in 2017's Borg vs McEnroe, Shia - (7) |
| NONPLUSED | Playing advantage to break John McEnroe a glad, ultimately at a loss for American (9) |
| DARTHVADER | John McEnroe compared Novak Djokovic to this film character at Wimbledon last week after Djokovic scolded fans for booing |
| OLDER | "The __ I get, the better I used to be": John McEnroe |
| BADCALLS | John McEnroe went ballistic over them |
| SOUTHPAW | Jimmy Connors or John McEnroe |
| TENNISSCAMP | Young John McEnroe? |
| TENNISSHOE | John McEnroe often put his foot in it (6,4) |
| CANNOT | '___ be serious!' - famous John McEnroe quote from 1981 (3,6) |
| TATUM | _ O'Neal, ex-wife of John McEnroe (5) |
| YOU | '___ be serious!', famous John McEnroe outburst (3,6) |
| SUPERBRAT | Nickname of U.S. former tennis player John McEnroe (9) |
| SERIOUS | John McEnroe outburst, 'You cannot be -' (7) |
| NEWYORKER | John McEnroe, for one (3,6) |
| COURT | Charge John McEnroe has been guilty of? (8,2,5) |
