| ONEHANDEDCATCH | Amazing play on the gridiron |
| TACKLE | Play on the gridiron |
| PASS | Play on the gridiron |
| NASTYHITS | Some painful-looking plays on the gridiron |
| BEACH | "On the good ship, Lollipop; It's a sweet trip to a candy shop; Where bonbons play, on the sunny ... |
| PIDAY | It falls on March 14, so chosen to play on the abbreviation "3.14"; it also explains the initials of our four theme entries |
| MITT | Wrong glove, guy: The baker wasn't allowed to play on the baseball team because he insisted on wearing his oven ___ |
| SHIP | Shirley Temple sang, "On the good ... Lollipop; It's a sweet trip to a candy shop; Where bonbons play; On the sunny beach of Peppermint Bay" |
| MUSIC | "If - be the food of love, play on..." - the opening line in Twelfth Night (5) |
| IMPROVISE | One's brought in to polish up play on the spur of the moment |
| ENDS | Extremities of the lengths of things such as lametta, paper chains, Sellotape, streamers, string, tinsel, wrapping paper etc; oddments; or, in curling, rounds of play on the rinks (4) |
| PIANO | Ariana Grande song with the lyrics "I'd rather make a song they can play on the radio" |
| WHEELCHAIRRUGBY | Notoriously brutal Paralympics sport for Sarah Adam, the first woman to play on the US team |
| LUTE | 'Play on the ___, beholding the towns burn' (Henry VI, Part I) (4) |
| REMIX | Play on the tracks in compound again (5) |
| RECESS | Time to play on the playground |
| ACTFOR | Understudy's part of play on the radio |
| PUN | Play on the different meanings a word could have |
| FAINT | Feeble play on the radio (5) |
| DRAMA | A small drink before a play on the stage |
