GIANT CROSSWORD
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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 Lynda Llewellyn, of Skegness. ACROSS
1. Chris ........ , 1989-96 Stockport midfielder at Chesterfield from 1996-2001 (8) 5. Neil ........ , 2015-16 Rotherham manager (8) 8. Carlos …, Argentina 1998 World Cup No.1 (3) 9. Paul ........ , 2007-11 Blackpool goalkeeper released by Bury at the end of 2016-17 (8) 10. Berry ... ..... , PSV 1988 European Cup Final-winning defender (3,5) 11. 1966-73 Norwich defender whose career began and ended at Dumbarton (4,5) 14. Dean ..... , former England Under-21 forward signed by Norwich from QPR in 1989 (5) 16. Fabian ..... , Germany Euro 2004 midfielder (5) 20. Ghana and Leicester midfielder/defender (6,7)
21 and 28 Down. 1875 FA Cup Final winners (5,9) 23. Kari ....... , Iceland and Aberdeen defender (7) 24. Real Zaragoza 1995 Cup Winners’ Cup Final-winning scorer (5) 25. John ..... , Rangers 1972 European Cup Winners’ Cup Final-winning captain (5) 26. Dominic ....... , England Under-21 striker signed by Liverpool from Chelsea (7) 29. Vinny ……., Everton midfielder; 1995 FA Charity Shield scorer (7) 31. Federico ..... , Argentina defender signed by Roma from Tottenham in July (5) 32. Jurgen ..... , former Austria and Sunderland goalkeeper (5) 33. Ezgjan ……., Macedonia and Leeds utility player (7) 35. Russell ..... , Ipswich 1981 UEFA Cup Final winner (5) 37. UEFA nation managed by Rene Pauritsch since 2013 (13) 38. Robert ..... , Brighton defender signed from Chelsea in 1987 (5) 41. Christian ..... , Germany defender sent off in the 1998 World Cup against Croatia (5) 43. Team that lost all their 2014 World Cup Group B games (9) 46. See 5 Down. 47. Daniel ........ , Everton striker who replaced Anders Limpar in the 1995 FA Cup Final (8) 48. Andy ..., Dunfermline defender signed by Bradford City in 2001 (3) 49. Dean ........ , Northampton striker at MK Dons from 2011-17 (8) 50. North American term for extra-time (8)
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2. Stefano ...... , Derby midfielder signed from Milan in 1997 (6) 3. Neal ...... , France Under-19 midfielder signed by Brentford from St Etienne in July (6) 4. Ray ..... , Watford midfielder signed from Bolton in 1978 (5)
5 and 46 Across. Lazio midfielder signed in 2015 who spent time on loan at QPR in 2016-17 (5,8) 6. Marcel ……, Norwich defender signed from Greuther Furth in July (6) 7. Simon ...... , former Bayer Leverkusen and Germany midfielder (6) 12. Patrick ........ , Ghana striker who last played for Dagenham on loan from Portsmouth in 2014 (8) 13. Paul ........ , 1994-96 Brentford attacker between spells at Colchester (8) 14. The ......... , a nickname of Wycombe (9) 15. Achille ..... , Cameroon, Gimnàstic and former Toulouse midfielder (5) 17. Albert ..... , Spain winger at Liverpool from 2008-10 (5) 18. Italian city home to Juventus (5) 19. Marine forward; Mansfield 2011 FA Trophy Final runner-up (5,8) 22. Miguel ..... , former Sheffield Wednesday, Alicante, Scunthorpe and Charlton defender (5) 27. Serie A club managed by Simone Inzaghi from 2016 (5) 28. See 21 Across. 30. Alex ........ , QPR goalkeeper signed from Huddersfield in 2015 (8) 31. Mikael ........ , Finland striker signed by Birmingham from Chelsea in 2005 (8) 33. Walter ..... , Ecuador 2014 World Cup ever-present (5) 34. Jonathan ..... , Oxford striker at Swindon from 2014-17 (5) 36. Enzo ..... , Belgium 1986-98 World Cup midfielder (5) 39. Yaya ...... , Toulouse striker at Arsenal from 2013-17 (6) 40. Fabian ...... , 1999-2009 Uruguay goalkeeper (6) 41. Kyle ...... , England defender signed by Manchester City from Spurs in July (6) 42. Olivier ……, Celtic midfielder signed from Manchester City (6) 44. West Brom’s 2016-17 Premier League position (5) 45. Diogo ..... , Estoril midfielder at Sheffield Wednesday from July-August, 2012 (5)