| SWEEPS | Long oars used in a form of rowing (6) |
| SWEEP | Long oar used to propel or steer a boat (5) |
| SCULLS | Word, homophonous with the cranial "bowls of the head", for scoop-shaped or spoon-bladed oars used in pairs by a single rower (6) |
| BUMP | Point at which a boat overtakes or touches the one ahead in a form of rowing race on the Cam or the Isis (4) |
| STEP | One of a series of treads forming a "flight"; a short journey or walk; a footprint; or, a portable block used in a form of aerobics (4) |
| SCULLING | Form of rowing with a pair of oars as opposed to a single sweep (8) |
| ARMS | Rows of dominoes; limbs used in a form of wrestling performed as a trial of strength; sleeves; branches; sides of chairs; or, octopus tentacles (4) |
| SAMPAN | A small boat usually with a stern oar used in the far east |
| SCULL | Each of a pair of oars used to propel a racing shell of the same name; or, a traditional Scottish basket for fish or potatoes (5) |
| INLAYS | Pieces of ivory, mother-of-pearl, pewter, precious metal, tortoiseshell, wood etc used in a form of marquetry-like boullework (6) |
| SWEEPSTAKES | Clean pieces of wood to be used in a form of gambling |
| TRIAD | Combination of notes, one used in a form of jazz |
| PADDLE | Oar used in ping pong (6) |
| STIPPLED | Dabs and dots used in a form of patterning; or, the paintbrushes used to create such an effect (8) |
| TRAMPOLINE | Apparatus used in a form of gymnastics introduced into the Olympics in 2000 (10) |
| SNAILS | Terrestrial gastropod molluscs used in a form of racing (6) |
| TIBIA | Bone one used in a form of bait (5) |
| CREW | Oarsmen/women and the cox of a racing shell as a team collectively; a ship's company; or, a name sometimes used for the sport of rowing (4) |
| PULL | A tasselled cord or a rod with a chain for sounding a bell; part of an oar stroke; or, a period of rowing (4) |
| EPEES | Swords used in a form of fencing where the target is the whole body and head (5) |
