| PROFESSIONAL | Expert - one paid in sport etc (12) |
| STANDING | Duration of existence/experience; or, one's social status, financial position or ranking in sport etc (8) |
| LEARNER | Apprentice, one paid in sterling? |
| INTERN | One paid in job experience |
| SEMIPROS | They engage in sport etc part time for pay (4-4) |
| SEWAGE | Waste the money one's paid in the Home Counties? |
| CHAMPIONSHIPS | Major contests in sports, etc |
| OUTWARD | ____ Bound Trust, educational charity that provides training in sports etc for young people (7) |
| SPECTROMETER | Mere sport etc for rainbow statistics (12) |
| POSTTOPSSPOT | Etiquette expert one-ups primer pet? |
| TALKINGABOUT | To be an expert one needs to understand what is being said (4,4,3,2,7,5) |
| APPENDICITIS | One paid to inspect condition (12) |
| EXTORTIONIST | Be accepting wrongful act, one paid for by profiteer |
| SPORTSCASTER | One paid to talk since the 1920s |
| ENGINEDRIVER | One paid to stick to the lines on A4? |
| PRACTICE | Repeated performance by players in music, sport, etc (8) |
| PROTECTS | Defends the role of sport, etc, in getting organised (8) |
| CLOTHIER | Fashion expert, one duped in Paris yesterday |
| ACEOFDIAMONDS | Hatton Garden expert, one included in deal? |
| OENOLOGIST | Expert one got Lois in a state |
