| BLACKBALLING | Barring snooker player's main target in game primarily (12) |
| SEA | Main target in election? Not entirely (3) |
| VEGGIE | Compete to consume say, game primarily? Not I |
| PRIMESUSPECT | Main target of criminal investigation (5,7) |
| TAKEAPOTSHOT | What snooker players or marksmen do? (4,1,3,4) |
| CONKER | Soundly beat target in game after suspension (6) |
| NINEPIN | Square leg, target in game (7) |
| TENTPIN | One might fix a guy's target in game, over time (4,3) |
| MITRE | Main target, regularly, for an aspiring cleric? |
| CNN | One of the main targets for Donald Trump's "fake news" accusations. (1,1,1) |
| REST | "Convalescence is something useful to snooker players", snooker player said (4,4) |
| POTTERSBAR | Snooker players stop in Hertfordshire? (10) |
| ESPY | Observe leading English snooker players on the last day (4) |
| GREENS | Money which snooker players pocket? (6) |
| RESCUER | One liberating another snooker player's assistant shortly before snooker player? (7) |
| CRUCIBLE | Where snooker players compete for title, dramatically (8) |
| BADBREAKS | Poor opportunities for snooker players? (3,6) |
| POTSHOTS | Random attempts by snooker players? (3,5) |
| CLEARANCE | Kind of sale which snooker players hope to make? (9) |
| TRAINSPOTTERS | Coaches snooker players; they collect numbers (5-8) |