| GROUSED | After the game a number complained |
| LIVES | In certain games, a number of opportunities of participation (5) |
| GAMBIT | Most of the game - a piece of it - is in the initial move (6) |
| PITCHANDTOSS | Pre-match requisites at Lord's - the game's a gamble (5-3-4) |
| PUTT | Old word for a bumpkin or a greenhorn; a nap-like card game; a hurl or throw of a stone or a weight; or, a gentle stroke to roll a golf ball across the green, ideally into the hole (4) |
| WHISTLE | Declare the game over and after the game, half left (7) |
| POPTARTS | ___ Bowl (Kellogg-sponsored football event featuring the "first-ever edible mascot," which was lowered into a gigantic toaster and consumed by players after the game) |
| RULER | Governor left with the Queen after the game (5) |
| TESTMATCH | Try out a lighter after the game (4,5) |
| RUMMY | Have a drink, good gracious, after the game (5) |
| WATERPOLO | We part at the loo after the game (5,4) |
| HUNTSMAN | The chap who goes after the game (8) |
| SPORT | Having a small drink after the game (5) |
| WINK | A nictate indicating a greeting, joke, secret etc; a counter flicked with a squidger in a game; a nap; an instant; or, a flash of a headlight (4) |
| QUARRYTILE | After the game, Scrabble piece found on the floor (6,4) |
| ACHE | Day-after-the-game sensation |
| HOARSE | Like cheerleaders after the game, perhaps |
| TORN | Like some jerseys after the game |
| PREYED | Went after the game |
| THUNDERSHOWERS | What Oklahoma City players hit after the game? |
