| OBSTACLERACES | Contests for agile runners |
| GAZELLE | Fast, agile runner |
| BLITHE | Synonym for lighthearted that becomes a synonym for agile if its first letter is removed |
| HOPSCOTCH | Pavement game for agile movers (9) |
| FIGLEAF | Shameful cover for agile manoeuvres between two fellows (3-4) |
| COSTABRAVA | Spanish strip for agile acrobats passing through, but one missing (5,5) |
| NIFTY | A slang word, of unknown source, for agile, neat, quick, sleek or sharp, like a dancer's footwork, a fine-tuned Porsche, a stylish jacket or a super-swift racehorse (5) |
| SPRY | Synonym for "agile" spelled in the outermost four letters of "special delivery" |
| NITS | Annual sports contests, for short |
| SEMIS | Final Four contests, for short |
| RACES | Sporting contests for ethnic groups (5) |
| COMPETITIONS | Contests for tips: income to be arranged (12) |
| GRACES | Grand contests for goddesses (6) |
| DUELS | Contests for two |
| AIRACES | First-class contests for aviation experts (3,4) |
| BOUTS | Contests for Imane Khelif |
| VIOLISTS | See one beginning to open contests for orchestral players (8) |
| CONTACTLENSES | They help you see clean contests, for a change |
| CAGEMATCHES | W.W.E.'s Hell in a Cell contests, for example |
| TUGSOFWAR | Contests for boats used in battle? (4,2,3) |
