| ANOREXIC | A number eleven entering field of play, hungry-looking? |
| ANOXIA | A number eleven beginning to address vital deficiency (6) |
| ANAESTHESIA | He sent a supply into Asia, quite a number (11) |
| VENTURESOME | Enterprising opening on Yorkshire river supported by a number (11) |
| NOMINEE | Screen I monitor picked up hidden figure entering field? (7) |
| LEVY | Troops opposed to entering field (4) |
| CLEAN | Cold and hungry-looking but far from blue |
| HAGGARD | Rider, lean and hungry-looking, he wrote (7) |
| MEASURED | Deliberate and confident, entering field |
| GAUNT | Hungry-looking |
| THROWIN | Method of restarting a game of football after the ball has left the field of play (5-2) |
| PITCH | Field of play for rugby; or, the steepness of the slope of a roof (5) |
| TOUCHLINE | A ____ ban prohibits a football manager from being present on or near to the field of play during a match |
| KITS | In sport, garments used to identify members of a team on a field of play (4) |
| PISTE | From the French meaning "trail" or "track", a marked run of compacted snow for skiing/snowboarding; or, the field of play where fencing bouts take place (5) |
| GRIDIRON | A metal rack or grate for broiling that inspired the nickname of American football or its field of play (8) |
| ONSIDE | Legitimate position within a field of play (6) |
| BIKER | Character number eleven involved in last stand - he's well padded up for a quick run |
| INTOTOUCH | Where the ball's been kicked, in Rugby, if it's gone out of the field of play (4,5) |
| TUNNEL | Passage that allows entrance to, and exit from, the field of play in a football stadium (6) |