| JUMPJOCKEY | Cheltenham competitor's laugh about start of championship - nervous about this |
| SKITTISH | Nervous about this parody above all |
| GULP | (I'm nervous about this!) |
| TWITTER | Laugh about start of written communication for a lark, perhaps (7) |
| CRACKLE | Hiss and laugh about start of rehearsal (7) |
| RAINSTOPPEDPLAY | Disappointing sports headline in today's paper, sadly about finals of championship football |
| BIMINISERIES | Set of championship games played in part of the Bahamas? |
| FIFTHSET | Last session of championship tennis match (5,3) |
| PIPLESS | Very many succeeded, clinching final of championship unseeded |
| PROUD | Boastful United in bar at conclusion of championship |
| ANGUS | MacDonald, defender and captain of Championship club Barnsley (5) |
| GRANDFINAL | Outstanding last part of championship deciding game (5,5) |
| EDWARDS | Former footballer who is the manager of Championship club Luton Town, Rob _ (7) |
| HOLDERS | Bags, boxes, cases, racks or other containers; or, owners/possessors of championships, keys, small farms, trophies or world records, e.g. (7) |
| MATRON | Old ward boss Norma nervous about start of treatment (6) |
| CARBONSINK | The element we're increasingly nervous about as global temperatures rise is captured in this kind of |
| ANNIVERSARY | Girl is very nervous about Arab day of celebration (11) |
| SCARRED | Nervous about bottom of chair getting damaged (7) |
| HENRYV | Play Hearts, very nervous about end of season (5,1) |
| IMPERVIOUSNESS | Tough quality of spies I'm nervous about (14) |
