GIANT CROSSWORD WIN £25
Send your answers, name and address to: Giant Crossword, PO Box 12579, Sutton Coldfield, B73 9BU. Entries must arrive by first post Friday. The first correct one drawn will receive a prize of £25. Last week’s winner was Gareth Noall from Stourbridge.
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1. Bergamo-based 2016-17 Serie A club (8) 5. Victor ........ , Nigeria and Sunderland striker (8) 8. Sidney ..., former Bayer Leverkusen attacker; 2013 Germany debutant against Ecuador (3) 9. 2013-15 Sunderland manager; Shanghai Shenhua boss from 2016 (3,5) 10. 2016-17 Scottish League Two club whose home is Gayfield Park (8) 11. Carlo ......... , Bayern Munich boss from 2016 (9) 14. Tommy ..... , Liverpool defender; 1971 England debutant against Wales (5) 16. Freddie ..... , Ipswich forward signed from Colchester in 2015 (5) 20. Lazio attacker on loan at Queens Park Rangers until the end of the season (5,8) 21. Michael ..... , Burnley defender signed from Manchester United in 2015 (5) 23. Ollie ....... , Gillingham midfielder formerly at Charlton (7) 24. FC Goa and former Brazil and Inter Milan defender (5) 25. Steve ..... , 1986-91 England midfielder (5) 26. Clarence ....... , Milan manager from January-June 2014 (7) 29. Martin ....... , Uruguay and Southampton defender (7) 31. Yannick ..... , Ivory Coast striker at Hull from 2013-15 (5) 32. Shaun ..... , Aston Villa 1994 League Cup Final winner (5) 33. Benito ....... , former Aston Villa attacker; 2016-17 manager of Serie B club Ternana (7) 35. Former Brazil midfielder at Borussia Dortmund from 2006-10 (5) 37. Queen of the South striker; former Blackpool and Swansea Football League Championship play-off final winner (7,6) 38. Christian ..... , 1997-98 Spurs boss (5) 41. 2016-17 Scottish League Two club whose home is Broadwood Stadium (5) 43. Team knocked out in the 2014 FIFA World Cup quarter finals by Holland (5,4) 46. Asier ... ..... , former Spain defender at Chelsea in 2005-06 (3,5) 47. Jonathan ........ , former Middlesbrough and England defender (8) 48. Pepe ..., Deportivo La Coruna manager appointed last month (3) 49. Doncaster Rovers’ home from 1922-2006 (5,3) 50. Turkey striker on a seasonlong from Manchester City to FC Twente (4,4)
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2. Lilian ...... , France 1998 World Cup Final winner (6) 3. Stanley ...... , Portsmouth midfielder formerly at Notts County (6) 4. Jeff ..... , West Brom 1968 FA Cup Final scorer (5) 5. Diogo ..... , Estoril midfielder at Sheffield Wednesday from July-August, 2012 (5) 6. John ...... , Blackburn defender; 2002 League Cup Final unused substitute (6) 7. Dan ...... , Newport and former Torquay defender (6) 12. Clarke ........ , 2010-13 PFA Chairman (8) 13. US midfielder who broke his skull in the 1994 FIFA World Cup (3,5) 14. Vladimir ......... , Serbia and Nottm Forest goalkeeper (9) 15. Ray ..... , Watford midfielder signed from Bolton in 1978 (5) 17. ..... Park, Blackburn Rovers home ground (5) 18. Gerald ..... , former Ajax and Sheffield Wednesday forward (5) 19. Former Republic of Ireland striker whose clubs included Nancy and Marseille (4,9) 22. Alex ..... , former Northern Ireland, Stoke and Burnley defender (5) 27. Number of times Spurs have won the FA Cup (5) 28. Variant of football such as futsal (4-1-4) 30. Jack ........ , Southampton and England U-21 defender (8) 31. Goce ........ , former Sheffield Wednesday defender; Macedonia’s most-capped player (8) 33. Tommy ..... , Newcastle midfielder; 1976 Scotland debutant (5) 34. Matthew ..... , Hartlepool defender whose former clubs include Middlesbrough and Bradford City (5) 36. Paul ..... , former Barbados, Crystal Palace and Millwall attacker (5) 39. Lucas ...... , former South Africa and Leeds defender and captain (6) 40. Lasse ...... , Denmark winger signed by Ajax from NEC in 2012 (6) 41. Paul ...... , Bury and former Birmingham defender/ midfielder (6) 42. Lamine ...... , Senegal 2002 FIFA World Cup defender at Newcastle in 2008 (6) 44. Emerson ..... , former Sheffield Wednesday, Chelsea, Wigan, Sunderland and Bolton defender (5) 45. Mark ..... , Oxford forward signed from Southend in 2003 (5)