| OLYMPIAD | A major international contest in a game, sport or scientific subject (8) |
| NEWYORKYACHTCLUB | This sporting organisation won an international contest in 1851, and defended the trophy successfully against challenges from other nations until a defeat in 1983 (3,4,5,4) |
| CAVING | The exploration of caves as a sport or scientific pursuit (6) |
| SHANGHAI | The opening up of foreign trade following the 1842 Treaty of Nanjing turned this city into a major international port (8) |
| WINTEROLYMPICS | International contests in skiing, skating etc (6,8) |
| BADMINTON | Sport in which Indian star PV Sindhu achieved a semi-final berth in a major international tournament. (9) |
| CHESS | Mind sport where an Indian Grandmaster recently won a major international tournament. |
| HERITAGE | Definition given to a stretch of undeveloped coastline with notable natural beauty or scientific significance in England and Wales (8) |
| OOLOGIST | Person involved in the collection or scientific study of bird eggs (8) |
| TEAM | Old English for "childbearing" that came to mean a brood or litter; a set of draught animals working together; hence, a cooperative unit of players, forming one side in a game/sport (4) |
| ARMSRACE | Members go quickly in international contest (4,4) |
| WORLDCUP | Sometimes, usually, quite and very, in regards to international contest? (5,3,10) |
| EXPLORER | Someone who travels to little known regions, especially for research or scientific purposes (8) |
| PINGPONG | Jaques of London name for the game/sport known as whiff-whaff (4-4) |
| ATTACK | Offensive move in a game/sport; musician's approach to a piece; or, a cricket team's collective bowlers (6) |
| MATHNEED | Protractor or scientific calculator |
| PLAYED | Took part in a game, ... sport |
| POOL | A game/sport played with cues (4) |
| DEVIL | Player in a Georgia fiddle contest, in a song |
| LEG | Base of the lamp Mr. Parker wins in a puzzle contest, in "A Christmas Story" |
