| KICKOFF | Boot no longer fresh at start of match (4-3) |
| OFFEND | To upset one no longer fresh at the finish (6) |
| LOVEALL | Universal feeling at start of match (4-3) |
| GOESOFF | No longer likes when it's no longer fresh (4,3) |
| SMETANA | Scorer's stock stories about start of match |
| PREMIUM | First-class umpire confused start of match (7) |
| PEELOFF | Remove skin from head of pickled fish, no longer fresh (4,3) |
| FORAKICKOFF | In the first place at start of match (3,1,4-3) |
| ABITOFF | No longer fresh - a small portion, we hear (1,3,3) |
| ATTIRED | Prepared a bit of tea? No longer fresh |
| KEEPOFF | Don't eat food etc that's no longer fresh |
| WELLOFF | Rich water source no longer fresh |
| RAVAGED | Endless party, no longer fresh, showing devastation |
| FOCUSED | Female commander, no longer fresh, concentrated |
| THROWINTHETOWEL | Admit defeat at start of match, per article in rag |
| OLDBEAN | Vegetable no longer fresh, mate |
| TUNNELVISION | Sounds like something footballers see at start of match? It's an ability to look obsessively for a s |
| THEMEMUSIC | When other team at the end of the game score, they play this at the start of Match of the Day (5,5) |
| SIAM | Thailand 7: Sweden 1 (Angstrom, at the start of match) (4) |
| KNEW | Didn't need telling to keep fresh at the weekend (4) |
