| ARGYLL | Everybody accepting odd bits of rugby in part of Scotland |
| FLATLY | Be very critical of accepting odd bits of talk, brooking no argument |
| LARGESS | Girl screening bits of rugby gets expensive gifts (7) |
| PLACEKICK | Location - fun for a bit of rugby (5,4) |
| COMICAL | Funny company accepting odd claim (7) |
| GAELIC | Celtic language spoken in parts of Scotland and Ireland (6) |
| BROGUE | A shoe of untanned leather formerly worn in parts of Scotland and Ireland for traipsing over rough ground; a sturdy brown Oxford-like shoe patterned with perforations; or, a mellifluous lilting Irish |
| PENRYN | Cornish town in which a watchmaker, John Thomas, started rugby in 1872 (6) |
| TAURUS | Sign first of three-quarters before rugby in Australia |
| DUFFIE | Auckland-born Storm winger who switched to rugby in 2016, Matt ... (6) |
| SINBIN | Penalty introduced to rugby in the late 1990s (3,3) |
| FIFERS | Players from part of Scotland -- odd characters from Ross (6) |
| BLADON | Cook is buried in hilly part of Scotland (6) |
| BRAISE | Cook is buried in hilly part of Scotland (6) |
| ARGYLE | Regal characters convene around unknown part of Scotland (6) |
| ORKNEY | Wife leaves bustling New York for part of Scotland (6) |
| AFFECT | Influence performance around part of Scotland overlooking island (6) |
| ATSIXESANDSEVENS | A bigot retired with game of rugby in a mess (2,5,3,6) |
| COERCION | Start of rugby in old English clubs I found in study - it's compelling (8) |
| HEBRIDEAN | Heed bairn in trouble in part of Scotland (9) |
