NINERS SPORTWORD

Each number from 1 to 9 represents a different letter. Solve the clues and insert the letters in the appropriate squares to discover a word which uses all nine letters.

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91228 47456 3542

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A test of knowledge for the sporting enthusiast

2 1. 7. 9.

375492 8519 1546

ACROSS

gives a coin gives a second coin gives a coin manufacturer ........ Stadium is the home ground of West Midlands football club Wolverhampton Wanderers (8)

6 & 10A Former Netherlands defender who has managed Crystal Palace and Inter Milan (5,2,4) Rocky ..... , former captain of the Australia rugby union team (5)

Asian team that beat the US 2-1 in the 1998 World Cup Finals (4)

10. See 6 Across

12. Mark ...... , Australian F1 driver who won the 2012 British GP (6)

14. Bishan .... , former India Test cricket captain (4)

17. Neil ..... , Manchester City scorer in their 1969 FA Cup Final win (5)

18. Jesse ..... , 1936 Olympic 100m and 200m champion (5)

19. Chris ........ , retired Surrey and England Test cricketer (8)

DOWN

2.

Ronan .’ .... , retired Ireland fly-half with 128 caps (5) David .... , former Coventry City goalkeeper and BBC sports presenter (4) Number of players in a football or cricket team (6) Spanish striker born Francisco Jiménez Tejada, who played for Newcastle United from 2008-13 (5) Mown area on a golf hole between the green and the tee (7) Obafemi ....... , 200415 Nigeria striker with Newcastle United from 2006-09 (7)

11. Group of football clubs who play each other over the course of a season to produce a champion (6)

13. Chris ..... , former Northern Ireland midfielder who played 382 games for West Brom from 200720 (5)

15. Chris ..... , 1975-78 US Open women’s singles champion (5)

16. Nine-ball .... , game which features in the 1986 Tom Cruise film The Color Of Money (4) 3. 4. 5. 6. 8.