| CASTLE | ...players the French keep (6) |
| NEWCASTLEUNITED | No old players the French manufacture in duet with club (9,6) |
| IDLE | Part of the psyche the French keep inactive |
| LATHE | The French keep a definite article in the workshop |
| NOSIDE | For rugby players the end is up, having packed swelling |
| POTTER | Snooker player's the Young Wizard |
| PROPEL | Rugby player the Spanish drive forward (6) |
| JORDAN | Legendary basketball player, the owner of Charlotte Hornets. (6) |
| SALON | The French keep a son in the drawing-room (5) |
| LEHAVRE | The French keep king in port (2,5) |
| AGUE | The French keep such fever at a distance (4) |
| LAKE | The French keep half of this water |
| WRITINGDESKS | Literary work of the French keeps both sides in bureaus (7,5) |
| CEZANNE | French artist identified with postImpressionism and also as a forerunner of Cubism whose paintings include House in Provence, The Card Players, The Basket of Apples and Bathers (7) |
| MISCONDUCT | Give the players the wrong time? |
| THESPIAN | The player's the one in a tizzy (8) |
| MISCASTS | Gives player the wrong job to address tackling all the players (8) |
| FADE | Golf shot that causes the ball to deviate to the right (or, for a left-handed player, the left) (4) |
| RENE | '20s French tennis player, ... "the Crocodile" Lacoste (4) |
| TOASHES | With a hostess improperly chasing the above tennis player, the end is inevitable (5,2,5) |
