| INOT | Still playing after regulation, briefly |
| CELLIST | Musician still playing after church (7) |
| OT | Extra time, after regulation play (2) |
| TIE | Something broken after regulation, say |
| OTS | Periods after regulation play, for short |
| STATIC | Still playing Act 1 on the street (6) |
| EVENTFUL | Busy still playing flute endlessly (8) |
| CENTURY | 100 and still playing cricket? (7) |
| ELI | The only Manning still playing in the NFL |
| WOOD | Ronnie _, still playing with The Rolling Stones (4) |
| TRELLIS | Still playing around on climbing frame (7) |
| GRAMMER | Kelsey _, still playing Seattle pyschiatrist Frasier (7) |
| THISISNOTADRILL | Danish trio still playing? It's really happening! (4,2,3,1,5) |
| ABANDON | Leave a concert while a group is still playing (7) |
| MATTHEWS | Stanley _, the only footballer to be knighted while still playing the sport (8) |
| ABANDONS | Is leaving the stage when a group is still playing (8) |
| SIRSTANLEY | Only footballer to be knighted while still playing, in 1965, ... ... Matthews (3,7) |
| BANDONEON | Instrument playing after prohibition ended (9) |
| EURYANTHE | Hear tune playing after pinning down unknown opera (9) |
| ACTON | ... playing after do, somewhere in London (5) |