| EMPTYNET | Like some hockey goals (so-called because the goalie is away from the crease) |
| MIDWIFETOAD | Amphibian so-called because the males carry fertilised eggs on their backs (7,4) |
| OPENNET | Situation when the goalie is away |
| VII | Number of England goals so far in Euro 2024, in Roman numerals (3) |
| YIELDING | County finally away from the crease, dismissing opener and conceding |
| NONET | Goal so defective, players found? |
| PENALTYSHOT | Hockey attempt that only the goalie is allowed to try to stop |
| OVER | Play --- (temporarily take the seat of an active player while that player is away from the table)* |
| UPTOWN | In some part of a town that is away from the centre (6) |
| MAINLAND | Mother is away from the sea, this being off the peninsula (8) |
| OFFICE | Wherein the work is away from the cold |
| ELVER | Little swimmer is away from the King and Queen (5) |
| MARALAGO | Property of former President Trump raided by the FBI on Aug. 8; its name is Spanish for "sea-to-lake," so called because it borders both the Atlantic and Lake Worth Lagoon |
| SCOTCHMIST | Drizzle so-called because it is common north of the Border (6,4) |
| YFRONTS | Type of men's briefs so-called because of the characteristic opening in the front (1-6) |
| ALEE | A general is away from the wind |
| SHOEGAZE | Dreamy rock genre so-called because of the guitarists' tendencies to focus on their many pedals on the floor |
| WIGGLE | Style of dress so-called because of how it makes the wearer move (6) |
| BLUEBOTTLE | A large blowfly so-called because of the colour of its abdomen (10) |
| HORSESHOE | ____ crab, a large marine arthropod, so-called because of the shape of its shell (9) |