| ORIGINALS | Name given to 1905 NZ rugby team, the first to be called the All Blacks (9) |
| RUBYTUI | Tip off Plunket's Mr King, the bird is a member of a NZ rugby team (4,3) |
| EXETER | ...it brought this team the first of their two English titles (6) |
| BLUESKIN | Bay for NZ rugby team's family (8) |
| SEINFELD | What "TV Guide" called the all-time best series |
| HAKA | Maori war chant used by the New Zealand rugby team, the All Blacks |
| BLACKS | New Zealand's World Cup rugby team, the All ... |
| KIWANIS | A new leader in an old rugby team. The Lions? Close! (7) |
| COURTYARD | Enclosed ground attached to a house. Palma, Mallorca, which has been called "the city of patios", has many impressive examples tucked away in its old town streets (9) |
| ROYALFERN | Species of plant Osmunda, related to the species depicted as a single leaf on the emblem of the All Blacks (5,4) |
| TRANSVAAL | The first match at South Africa's Ellis Park was played between the All Blacks and this provincial s |
| ROBPENNEY | NZ rugby coach gets to mug a copper reportedly (3,6) |
| SAINTLEO | Fifth-century pope who was the first to be called "the Great" |
| JONAHLOMU | Fearsome rugby union winger who scored 37 tries for the All Blacks |
| CLEANCOAL | It's been called the ultimate climate-change oxymoron |
| STUWILSON | Wellington winger who played 34 tests for the All Blacks 1977-1983, scoring 19 tries (3,6) |
| III | First Super Bowl to be called the Super Bowl |
| NUGGETS | NBA team that used to be called the Rockets |
| LEOI | First pope to be called "the Great" |
| POPELEO | First religious leader of his title to be called "The Great" |
