| ELIMINATOR | Contest to decide which team or player will go through to the next round (10) |
| TOSSACOIN | Decide which team is kicking off, say |
| GAMESHOWS | TV programmes in which teams or individuals compete to win prizes (4,5) |
| ADVANCE | Go through to the next round |
| INEXPERIENCE | Go through to the rear of trendy "green" property |
| TOURNAMENT | A sports competition in which players who win a match continue to play further matches in the competition until one team or player is left |
| PICKALOWES | Decide which home improvement store to go to? |
| NINETYNINE | Gretzky's jersey number, which no other NHL player will ever be allowed to wear |
| DRAWABLANK | Fail, as Russian roulette player will wish to do? (4,1,5) |
| DRAWSTRAWS | Decide which one has small verrucas and minor turns (4,6) |
| BACKTOBACK | Defensive player will support them, one after the other |
| AGREATDEAL | Poker player will be hoping for this many |
| ANNA | The Karenina woman had to decide which way to go! (4) |
| QUALIFIER | QI failure amazingly the one through to the next round (9) |
| STRAWS | They're drawn to decide which saints go to war (6) |
| RAH | An expression of encouragement, approval especially to a team or player |
| SAVEDBYTHEBELL | Through to the next round, with hardly a ringing endorsement? |
| DOORWAY | Upset, cross and losing the head with guide - that's what you have to go through to get into The House! (7) |
| TAPEMEASURES | They're for sizing up what the winner is expected to go through to determine final times (4,8) |
| WHERE | Had been hard to go through to find the location (5) |
