| MATCHBOX | Agree penalty area is where to put striker |
| EIGHTEEN | Soccer's penalty area is also called ---- -yard box (8) |
| PADDOCKS | Home overlooking harbour area is where Arabs may gather (8) |
| HAUNCHES | Guesses housing area is where squatters descend |
| TESTMATCH | Put striker through paces in longer game? (4,5) |
| PRESSBOX | Hacks at football to besiege penalty area |
| TEE | The earliest era is where to start, at the links (3) |
| APLACEINTHESUN | Job with newspaper is where to get good living |
| EIDER | Turn scarlet - that is where to get down (5) |
| ORATE | Or at tea is where to hold forth |
| SEASIDE | Skin in sunshine notwithstanding, this is where to make the most of summer (7) |
| ONTHEFACEOFIT | It would seem this is where to find the Queen's Head, coin-wise (2,3,4,2,2) |
| CROSS | Pass from the wing to the penalty area (5) |
| NESTINGBOX | Gents running around in penalty area, where wingers are (7,3) |
| BORAX | What may be used to clean up by Gunners in penalty area (5) |
| TESTMATCHES | Put strikers through their paces in important games |
| THEATREBOX | Tear with artistry across penalty area - play clearly viewed here? (7,3) |
| ATTRACT | Numbers four and six in penalty area, seeking draw (7) |
| KEEPER | Zoo worker who patrols penalty area? (6) |
| SPOT | Type of kick made from penalty area (4) |
