| PULLINGTOGETHER | Co-operating as a tug-of-war team (7,8) |
| INLEAGUE | Co-operating, as teams usually are |
| TOWEROFSTRENGTH | Support reliable member of tug-of-war team? (5,2,8) |
| ANCHOR | Nautical mooring device such as a grapnel or kedge; or, the person at the rear in a tug-of-war team (6) |
| EIGHT | The number of players traditionally in a tug of war team (5) |
| ANCHORMAN | Person at the back of a tug-of-war team (9) |
| PULL | See 11 & 13 Dn. What disjointed members of a tug-of-war team should do! (4,10,8) |
| TOGETHER | What disjointed members of a tug-of-war team should do! (4,10,8) |
| THEMSELVES | What disjointed members of a tug-of-war team should do! (4,10,8) |
| ANCHORS | They're often cast as tug-of-war team members (7) |
| PULLTOGETHER | How tug-of-war teams cooperate (4,8) |
| INFORCE | Operating as a member of the armed services? (2,5) |
| TAUT | Like a rope during a tug-of-war match |
| HAUL | A drag; a heave or a tug of a fishing net; the contents within; a take from a robbery; the load looted; or, the distance covered by a goods truck (4) |
| ONSTREAM | Operating, as a factory for example |
| OPENS | Starts operating, as a store |
| OUTPULL | Beat in a tug-of-war |
| ELIAN | Boy in a tug-of-war |
| ROPE | It's tugged on in a tug-of-war |
| GREEKS | People from the Peleponnese, a tug of war results when they meet |
