| SKILLSET | A footballer's talents e.g (5,3) |
| PARTONGIFT | Singer Dolly's musical talent, e.g.? |
| WAG | Word "swaying" from an Old Norse "cradle" to the "shake" of a happy dog's tail; admonishment with a finger; an idle gossip; a jocular wit; a skive; or, a footballer's spouse or "girlf" (3) |
| RAMS | L.A. footballers |
| TRANSFER | A design on paper to be applied to a surface in decalcomania; conveyance of property, a footballer or funds etc from one person or place to another; or, a change of bus/train (8) |
| STRIP | Sequence of cartoons or pictures often accompanied by fumetti; a playing area for fencing; or, a footballer's kit with club colours (5) |
| KNEE | Place for a footballer's pad |
| POSHSPICE | A footballer's wife (4,5) |
| TENON | Connection suggesting a footballer's been sent off? |
| SHINPAD | Shield that guards a footballer's leg |
| TRANSFERFEE | Cost of a footballer's move (8,3) |
| DOG | Many a footballer's error will haunt him, following |
| BESTRIDE | Tower over a footballer on a journey (8) |
| HATTRICK | Feat when a footballer scores three goals in a single match (3,5) |
| HALFBACK | Graduate as a footballer? (8) |
| HANGBACK | Be reluctant to suspend a footballer (4,4) |
| BEHEADED | Polled live, as many a footballer will have done? |
| DRIBBLER | Drool, Rex could be a footballer (8) |
| OWNGOALS | Scores by a footballer for the opponents (3,5) |
| ASBESTOS | Like a footballer once at large, I'm fireproof (8) |
