| ALLBLACK | Burst ball is passed to one of those on the books going inside old Limerick rugby player (3,5) |
| GENETICS | Study of things naturally passed to one? (8) |
| SURFACE | Covering racing ground, initially going inside old Bob Champion (7) |
| PEW | Where you might be sitting if a collection plate is passed to you |
| SACK | In American football, a tackle of a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before the ball is passed (4) |
| SCRIMMAGE | Sequence of play in American football that begins when the ball is passed backward by the centre (snapped) (9) |
| SALVO | Burst ball seen after Slav fouled (5) |
| CONFLUENT | Uncle of barmy books going the same way (9) |
| RECUR | Collection of current religious books going missing? It gets to happen again (5) |
| ROTATIONAL | Sensible to digest books going round |
| LITERATI | Retail problem at the opening of trading for one of those on the books (8) |
| VOLCANIC | One of those on the radio with headphones briefly in charge of one of those likely to blow top (8) |
| AIRCRAFT | One of those on the runway to broadcast with one of those overseas (8) |
| MASSEUSE | Opportunity for father to go to Spain to exploit one of those on the backroom staff, medically speak |
| AIRTIGHT | It's emblematic of one of those on the jar to have one's say with drunk (8) |
| WRYNECKS | It's ironic, in the Smiley sense, one of those on the bottle is finished producing families of woodpeckers? (8) |
| RETRIALS | Turns up, one of those on the house includes spirit from the middle cases - they're up to be judged again (8) |
| SKISTICK | Inclined to take this in hand perhaps for one of those on the slippery slope (3,5) |
| DOORBELL | Bordello freaks out with one of those on the entrance that is loud when pressed (8) |
| INSOLENT | Saucy book going to part of Oxford? (8) |
