| EGGCUPS | Daunting ultimately during, say, sporting competitions to find holders present at breakfast (7) |
| TOURNAMENTS | Competitions to find variety of monster tuna (11) |
| ISLANDER | Rum fellow, say, sporting red nails |
| THEBALL | Competition to find sports equipment, or a masquerade? (4,3,4) |
| RATRACE | Competition to find right answer first (3,4) |
| TRYOUTS | Competitions to get on a team (7) |
| EVENTER | A horse-rider had to start a sporting competition with little hesitation (7) |
| OLYMPIC | Relating to a quadrennial sporting competition (7) |
| CHECKUP | Mild curse heard during sporting competition - a test (5-2) |
| EVIDENT | Clear round i had briefly in sporting competition (7) |
| CONTEST | Sporting competition (7) |
| TOURNEY | You rent essentials for sporting competition (7) |
| CLEANUP | Inclination to enter competition to make a great profit (5,2) |
| PACIFIC | Placid old man racing competition to take on role of US president (7) |
| TRACERY | Judge occupied by competition to make ornamental stonework (7) |
| COERCED | Under pressure, associate leaves competition to crack buggy code (7) |
| COVERUP | Finished in sporting competition achieving whitewash |
| BOWLOUT | Solemn type enters competition to claim a wicket (4,3) |
| GOABOUT | Indian state organised competition to change course (2,5) |
| SPOT | Competition to find sports equipment, or a masquerade? (4,3,4) |
