| RYDER | ..... Cup, golf competition first competed for in 1927 (5) |
| RYDERCUP | Biennial men's golf competition first contested between Great Britain and the United States in Massachusetts in 1927 (5,3) |
| SUSHI | Dish competed for in Nagasaki versus Hiroshima (5) |
| JOSEPH | West End role competed for in Any Dream Will Do (6) |
| CAMEL | ..... Trophy, 1980-2000 off-road vehicle competition first held in Brazil (5) |
| RACED | Competed for best in road (5) |
| VALDERRAMA | Real Club ?, venue in Cadiz, Spain of the 1997 Ryder Cup golf competition |
| INTHE | Outdoors and taking part in a major golf competition? (2,3,4) |
| SHREK | 2001 animated film that competed for the Palme d'Or at Cannes |
| RANUP | Amassed well-informed following, competed for office (3,2) |
| GRACE | Favour golf competition (5) |
| SKINS | __ game: golf competition |
| UPTIGHT | Competition first off closely fought and in a tense state? (7) |
| EUROVISIONSONGCONTEST | International music competition first held in 1956 |
| TORRANCE | Sam ___ , captain of the victorious European Ryder Cup golf team in 2002 |
| TALENT | Britain's Got ____ , TV variety act competition first won by opera singer Paul Potts in 2007 (6) |
| COLLEGEBOWL | Competition first sponsored by GE |
| RACETRACK | Follow speed competition first here (9) |
| WRITINGCONTEST | FanStory.com competition (... first 3 letters + the last 2) |
| IDOL | "Canadian ___" (competition first hosted by Ben Mulroney) |
