| TWENTYTHREE | ... ref and all players on pitch? They weren't playing after end of that |
| THIRTY | All players on pitch at Twickenham (bar second) needing drink (6) |
| MANOFTHEMATCH | Guy at No.9, best player on pitch? (3,2,3,5) |
| TRAINING | Showering needed maybe after end of that? (8) |
| WHACKAMOLE | "Your story's full of holes -- the arcade manager says you weren't playing ___ that day!" (hyph.) |
| TEENS | Young people seen playing after end of August (5) |
| RESTFUL | Calm flutes playing after end of prayer (7) |
| TWENTYTWO | Number of players on pitch at start of soccer match (6-3) |
| ELEMENTARY | See about the placing of English players on pitch -- that's fundamental (10) |
| SUSPEND | Hang it all! That's the end of that cat! (7) |
| ERA | A period like the Elizabethan one that took place from 1558-1603 (Fun fact: Given the corset craze of the time, women undoubtedly * celebrated the end of that ___) |
| LIGAMENT | Tough band in joint take advantage of freebies - let it be the end of that |
| SLING | That's the end of that quisling getting my support! (5) |
| DESTINE | Predetermine that this will be the end of that site (7) |
| OPENHOUSE | Love top-floor flat with no end of that hospitality for all (4,5) |
| TENDS | It's the end of that little saint who looks after our needs (5) |
| DESTROYED | A story about a deed? Well! That's the end of that! (9) |
| TEDDEMME | Director of the films Life, The Ref and Blow who died in 2002 (3,5) |
| CENTREFORWARD | One might con ref and finally get reward after acting up |
| DEMME | Ted ?, director of films Life, The Ref and Blow who died in 2002 (5) |
