| WORDGAME | Dowager failed to secure marks in anagram competition, say |
| HEADGEAR | Try to secure mark of rank, not initially for cap? (8) |
| BETROTHED | Debtor failed to secure article as intended |
| LATHE | Turner Prize "Leather Zip Undone" failed to secure (5) |
| ANFIELD | Radical failed to secure new stronghold for the Reds (7) |
| CUTCORNERS | Reduce costs to meet competition, say |
| OUTSKIP | Defeat in a jump-rope competition, say |
| TRACKEVENT | Follow important incident in athletics competition, say |
| WOLSEY | Cardinal ..., English archbishop who fell from grace when he failed to secure Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon (6) |
| ARCANE | Know how to put in anagram of ear in cryptic (6) |
| ENTERS | Registers for a competition, say (6) |
| OILUP | Get ready for a Mr. Universe competition, say |
| OILED | Ready for a bodybuilding competition, say |
| OILSUP | Prepares for a Ms. Olympia competition, say |
| RACE | America's Cup competition, say |
| NAG | Badger sett, say in anagram form (3) |
| LIERNES | Connecting parts in Gothic vaulting - "reels in" anagram? |
| AMISS | What's found in anagram is spelling out of order (5) |
| COUNSEL | And gets advice on clues in anagram form (7) |
| VESTEDINTEREST | Personal stake it's evident setter's got in anagram |
