Crossword XI — board #16 answers

All eleven clues and answers from daily board #16. Today's board is new, sealed, and scored out of 114.

Across

1. 1. Nickname of Forest (6,5)

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   Tricky Trees

2. 5. Man Utd's 1968 Ballon d'Or winner (4)

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   Best

3. 9. Liverpool's Premier League top scorer in 1998/99 (4)

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   Owen

4. 10. Crystal Palace may have won the Conference League in 2026, but who did they beat in the final? (4,9)

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   Rayo Vallecano

5. 11. North West club promoted from the second tier alongside Blackburn Rovers and Fulham for 2001/02 (6,9)

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   Bolton Wanderers

Down

1. 2. Won the Copa America in 2015, with Argentina runners-up (5)

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   Chile

2. 3. Won the European Cup in 1970, beating Celtic after extra time (9)

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   Feyenoord

3. 4. Middlesbrough's home before the Riverside Stadium (8,4)

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   Ayresome Park

4. 6. Real Betis' Seville derby rivals (7)

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   Sevilla

5. 7. Axel Disasi joined Chelsea from which club in 2023? (6)

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   Monaco

6. 8. Hosted the 2022 World Cup (5)

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