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1 & 23A Welsh former flanker who has coached sides including Ospreys and Bridgend (5,5)
4. Danny ..... , captain of 1995 Champions League Finalwinners Ajax (5)
7 & 4D 1997 World Championships men’s 200m gold medallist (3,6)
8. Gordon ..... , former Scotland defender whose clubs included Kilmarnock, Brighton and Blackburn Rovers (5)
9. ..... Rhinos, Super League XVIII club (5)
10. Robin .... , 1996-97 WBC Super Middleweight champion (4)
11 & 18A Scrum-half whose 2008 France Test debut was against Scotland (6,5)
14. Martin ...... , 1966 Football World Cup winner (6)
15. Ryan .... , former fly-half whose clubs included Northampton, Gloucester and London Irish (4)
18. See 11 Across
20. Batting ..... , sequence in which cricketers play through their team’s innings (5)
21. Series of games in a tennis match (3)
22. Joe ..... , 1995 Everton FA Cup-winning manager (5)
23. See 1 Across
1. Alan ..... , Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur from 1991-2001 (5)
2. See 16 Down
3. Andy .... , 1986-92 New Zealand All Blacks flanker (4)
4. See 7 Across
5. Surface on which curling is played (3)
6. Simon ..... , 2011 KLM Open-winning golfer (5)
12. See 19 Down
13. Any of various lines drawn on a cricket pitch (6)
14. Keith ..... , Warwickshire CCC 1994 treble-winning wicketkeeper (5)
16 & 2D London Irish fly-half who signed for Northampton Saints in 2007 (5,7)
17. Graeme .... , 2006 World Snooker champion (4)
19 & 12D Former Aston Villa midfielder who was 19982002 Walsall FC manager and boss at Bristol Rovers from 2002-04 (3,7)