| SPECTATE | Are tapes, etc, used to help fans watch a match? (8) |
| ADS | They're what non-sports fans watch the Super Bowl to see |
| PLECTRUM | What do you call the small piece of plastic etc used to pluck the strings of a guitar? (8) |
| ORTHOSIS | Brace used to help the spine, when oxygen is in short supply (8) |
| IDIOLECT | Specific form of a language (vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation etc.) used by an individual (8) |
| KINDLING | Dry wood, small sticks, straw or twigs etc used for lighting a fire (8) |
| SPINSTER | Woman who has never taken part in a match? (8) |
| SETTING | Surroundings; the scenery etc used to create the location in a play or film; or, a mounting for a gem in a piece of jewellery (7) |
| EDUCATES | Schools etc used a complex (8) |
| REDUCING | Sodium, aluminium, zinc etc used for slimming as guy's admitted (8,6) |
| POTHERBS | Plants with flowers, leaves, stems etc. used in cooking for seasoning (8) |
| CONFETTI | Litter found after a match? (8) |
| FIFTHSET | The stiff manoeuvres towards the end of a match? (5,3) |
| FILL | Contents of a container; material occupying a space; or, gravel, soil, stones etc used to level or raise the elevation of a land feature (4) |
| GRAPHICS | Diagrams, photographs etc. used for illustration (8) |
| VARNISH | Resinous matter dissolved in oil etc. used to give gloss to the surface of wood, etc. |
| SCENERY | Painted backcloths, stage structures, etc, used to represent a location in a theatre |
| PASSIONS | Sparks that ignite a match? |
| NETSUKE | Carved toggle-like Japanese ornament of wood, ivory etc. used to secure small containers (sagemono) to a kimono's sash (obi) (7) |
| STAY | Thin strip of metal, plastic, bone, etc, used to stiffen a corset (4) |
