| NEILSON | Robbie ___, MK Dons manager appointed last December (7) |
| MEL | Pepe ..., Deportivo La Coruna manager appointed last month (3) |
| REVIE | Don ....., manager of Leeds United from 1961 to 1974 (5) |
| CUPS | "...as the washing of pots and ___" (Mk. 7:8) |
| QUADRANT | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _:MK - Network Rail's national operation centre in Milton Keynes (8) |
| NAVARRO | Alan ....... , former Tranmere, Macclesfield, MK Dons, Brighton and Swindon midfielder (7) |
| ANDREWS | Keith, 2008-12 Republic of Ireland, 1999-2005 Wolves and 2006-08 MK Dons midfielder (7) |
| ASHDOWN | Former leader of the Liberal Democrats who died last December (5,7) |
| UTRECHT | FC ....... , 2022-23 Eredivisie club coached by Michael Silberbauer since last December (7) |
| MANNION | A windswept report on Storm Desmond by which RTE broadcaster went viral last December? (7) |
| OLDYEAR | It came to a timely end last December |
| MCLAREN | Former England manager appointed boss of Newcastle United in June 2015 (7) |
| RANIERI | Claudio ___, Leicester City FC manager appointed in 2015 (7) |
| MCINNES | Derek ?, Aberdeen FC manager appointed in 2013 (7) |
| LAMPARD | Frank - - -, Chelsea manager appointed in July 2019 (7) |
| GOODWIN | Jim ......., Dundee United manager appointed in March, 2023 (7) |
| TEDESCO | Domenico ....... , 2017-19 Schalke 04, 2019-21 Spartak Moscow and 2021-22 RB Leipzig manager appointed Belgium coach in 2023 (7) |
| DEBORAH | Name applied by First Trust Rail to hire coach Mk 2A TSO 5365 (7) |
| SMALL | Wade ..... , former Wimbledon, MK Dons and Sheffield Wednesday attacker who last played for Aldershot Town in 2010-11 (5) |
| ALLEN | Martin ..... , manager of clubs including MK Dons from 2006-07 and Notts County from 2011-12 (5) |
