| ACLEANSWEEP | The winning of everything |
| VOLE | With a population of around 75 million, a field mouse-like animal which is one of Britain's most common mammals; or, in ecarte the winning of all the tricks in one deal (4) |
| SLAM | The winning of all the tricks |
| GRANDSLAM | A thousand criticise the winning of the major tournaments (5,4) |
| CLEAN | 5 & 6Dn. The winning of all the prizes in legal lottery! (5,5) |
| SWEEP | The winning of all the prizes in legal lottery! (5,5) (See 5D) |
| GRAND | The winning of all thirteen tricks in a hand of bridge (5) |
| AWARD | A draw done possibly for the winning of a medal (5) |
| MISERE | Call in card games requiring the winning of no tricks (6) |
| TRIPLECROWN | The winning of three important horse races in one season |
| CLEANSWEEP | A winning of all the prizes |
| CAPOT | In the card game piquet, one player's winning of all tricks (5) |
| SMALLSLAM | Winning of twelve tricks at bridge |
| HANDSDOWN | (Winning of contest) with utter ease (5,4) |
| WORLDSERIES | A best-of-seven playoff between the winning teams of the two major US baseball leagues to decide the championship (5,6) |
| KANITKAR | The coach of the winning team in the recently-concluded U-19 World Cup cricket tournament in the West Indies. (8) |
| THORN | The only person to play in the winning team of an NRL grand final, a State of Origin rugby league series and a Rugby World Cup final (5) |
| ERNIE | Name of the electronic machine selecting the winning numbers of premium bonds (5) |
| SYEDABIDALI | Identify the former Indian all-rounder, who passed away earlier this year, who had hit the winning runs in the famous Test win at The Oval in 1971. (4,4,3) |
| BOBBYORR | Scorer of the winning goal in the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals |
