| 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.) |
| PROOFREADER | One who could correct poor ref and dare to be corrected (11) |
| TRANSFERFEE | Forest member skirts ref and fans breaking down club expense |
| REFRIGERATE | Great ire about to be shown to man on pitch? Keep cool! (11) |
| GOTOTHEBALL | Cinders, you shall do this, to take possession on pitch? (2,2,3,4) |
| INOPPORTUNE | Colleague run in on pitch? How untimely |
| EXEUNTOMNES | All players are sent off in this direction |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| TEDDEMME | Director of the films Life, The Ref and Blow who died in 2002 (3,5) |
| DEMME | Ted ?, director of films Life, The Ref and Blow who died in 2002 (5) |
| SUSPEND | Hang it all! That's the end of that cat! (7) |
