| KICKABOUT | Abandon a bit of boxing for a bit of footie |
| INSPITEOF | Notwithstanding changing spot in fire, abandons a bit of roast (2,5,2) |
| TURNAROUND | Opportunity with a period of boxing for reversal of fortune (10) |
| SPAR | Some boxing for a stout pole in a mast |
| ROUND | Eighteen holes of golf and a bit of boxing (5) |
| LEATHER | Calfskin, kid, morocco, napa or other tanned hide to which weathered skin or the coriaceous underside of a dog's earflap is likened; a strap for a stirrup iron; a ball for cricket or footie; or, a clo |
| GROUND | Scene of soccer, perhaps, and a good bit of boxing (6) |
| OTHERHALF | Short rest then 45 mins of footie, mate? |
| MATCH | Game (of footie, eg) (5) |
| TROOPS | Turns up, nothing in boxing, for example, of benefit to those generals starting a war (6) |
| MMA | Sport with kicking and boxing, for short |
| TKO | Early stoppage in boxing, for short |
| ROO | Australian mammal that might engage in boxing for short |
| STORAGE | Ears got bashed in boxing for example? |
| TKOD | Defeated by decision in boxing, for short |
| ERASE | Scratch before boxing for instance (5) |
| ONE | Number worn on the back of the shirt of a footie team's first choice goalkeeper (3) |
| KICKOFF | Start of a footie match (4-3) |
| TAFE | Thank footie tips for a NSW teaching institution |
| PRIZEFIGHTING | Boxing for money |
