| STATESIDE | Articulate team in the US (9) |
| SARPSBORG | City in Ostfold, Norway, with a football team in the country's top division, the Eliteserien (9) |
| TREADMILL | Coaches drill team in the same old routine (9) |
| INSIDEOUT | Batting team in the field, showing things the wrong way round |
| VILLANOVA | Winning team in the 2016 NCAA Basketball Championship |
| MIAMIHEAT | Southernmost team in the N.B.A. |
| STRIPCLUB | Football gear for team in the business of losing everything (5,4) |
| NOLANRYAN | Pitcher for the Astros and three other teams in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s: 2 wds. |
| TIMRAINES | Outfielder for the Expos and five other teams in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s: 2 wds. |
| RAINDELAY | It keeps teams in the clubhouse |
| FREEAGENT | Athlete who might be pursued by teams in the off-season: 2 wds. |
| KANITKAR | The coach of the winning team in the recently-concluded U-19 World Cup cricket tournament in the West Indies. (8) |
| USSR | Team that lost to the American hockey team in the "Miracle on Ice" at the 1980 Olympics: Abbr. |
| OAR | Rowing tool used by the team in The Boys in the Boat |
| FACE | Name of the character played by Templeton Peck in The A Team in the 80s (4) |
| ARNOLDPALMER | Captain of the US team in the 1996 Presidents Cup |
| SUBTITLE | You'll read this at the end of the film from Cannes - short reserve player is a target for every team in the Championship (8) |
| ARIZONACARDINALS | The oldest continuously-run professional football team in the United States (7,9) |
| PADRAIGHARRINGTON | Irish captain of the European team in the postponed Ryder Cup to be held in September |
| JAPAN | It beat the Indian hockey team in the semifinals of the Asian Champions Trophy recently. (5) |
