| OUSEL | Winger from Oxford United scores early on -- Rochdale successful finally (5) |
| BEECH | Chris ___, Rochdale assistant manager whose clubs as a player included Huddersfield and Hartlepool (5) |
| INAUGURATING | Kicking off at hot time of year, United score (12) |
| ONEALL | Score early in the set, maybe |
| RAWLE | Mark ___, 2001-2003 Southend United and 2003-2005 Oxford United forward (5) |
| HURST | Cup-winning England striker injured tackling a winger from Spurs (5) |
| EXUDE | Discharge former wingers from United heading for Everton (5) |
| AGYEI | Daniel ___, Leyton Orient and 2019-2022 Oxford United striker (5) |
| CATON | Tommy ..., 1979-83 Man City, 1983-87 Arsenal, 1987-88 Oxford United and 1988-91 Charlton Athletic defender (5) |
| MANOR | Ground where Oxford United used to be at home |
| EXILE | Force overseas team to pursue European wingers from Lille (5) |
| ALIGN | “The Greatest” wingers from Goodison stand in a row |
| MINIM | Note car coming from Oxford going on to motorway (5) |
| ORIEL | College heads from Oxford, readers in English literature (5) |
| WAUGH | Novelist who wrote in his satire Decline and Fall of the trials of scholar Paul Pennyfeather, wrongly sent down from Oxford after falling victim to the antics of the Bollinger Club (5) |
| OMEGA | Letter showing first from Oxford? Excellent! (5) |
| PEDAL | Reported deal in work with press from Oxford? |
| OBAMA | Ex-president with First from Oxford and two degrees |
| SNOWYEGRET | Grey, wet second half of season upset winger from overseas (5,5) |
| TREEPIPIT | Winger from Bristol set about on westbound tube (4,5) |
