| SAHIB | South American footballer in Scotland possibly is a gentleman (5) |
| PELE | South American footballer in Europe, legendary (4) |
| PORTLOGAN | Where in Scotland possibly a long drink comes first (4,5) |
| HEARTS | Red cards for footballers in Scotland (6) |
| IBIZAN | Guy from Scotland possibly bringing in business from a site in the Med |
| AGENT | Spy is a gentleman, in short (5) |
| USHER | One such as Black Rod is a gentleman of this sort (5) |
| PUKKA | The thoroughly good sahib is a gentleman (5) |
| LINEBACKER | American footballer in row with supporter |
| WISEMAN | He probably knows a South American footballer, missing centre-back, white clothes (4,3) |
| SAPELE | Hardwood supplied by South American footballer (6) |
| BRADY | Tom _, recently retired American footballer who played in the NFL for 22 seasons (5) |
| PRANK | Parking area for taxis, possibly, is a joke |
| BUBBA | Charles "_" Smith, American footballer and star of the Police Academy films (5) |
| SILVA | Portuguese footballer in grey white colour, we hear (5) |
| MESSI | Noted footballer in disorganised state on island (5) |
| POGBA | French footballer in Post Office misplaced bag (5) |
| OSSIE | --- Ardiles, footballer in Argentina's 1978 World Cup team who went on to manage Spurs (5) |
| OLSEN | Footballer in old FTD ads |
| NINER | San Francisco footballer, in brief |
