| JAVELIN | Field athletics event broadcast live in first part of year (7) |
| JAPAN | Annually, in first part of year, is in this country (5) |
| SHOTPUT | Filmed place for field athletics event (7) |
| CLASSIC | Girl appearing in first part of Cicero, or any great writer (7) |
| DOWNING | Drinking in first part of political address (7) |
| MORNING | Something done for those late, we're told, in first part of day (7) |
| ACETONE | Start eating in first part of play - and get thinner |
| INSOLES | Loses out in first parts of footwear (7) |
| HAMMERS | Metal balls attached to handles by wire for throwing in field athletics (7) |
| PEARLY | First sign of pebble in first part of day like a gem (6) |
| DISCUS | Field athletics event in which competitors throw a round object from a circle (6) |
| HIGHJUMP | Field athletics event in which Javier Sotomayor is the world record holder (4,4) |
| MEET | The congregation of riders and hounds before a hunt; a competitive event in track-and-field athletics or swimming; or, in mathematics, the intersection of two lines (4) |
| TRIPLEJUMP | Field athletics event in the Summer Olympics for men since 1896 and for women since 1996 (6,4) |
| HOLYGRAIL | Vessel found in first part of 'Hope and Glory' translated by first rate lecturer |
| PRINTRUN | Advertising in first part of this series showing copies of a book? (5,3) |
| OAST | In which to dry malt, as in first part of Bible (4) |
| HAMMERTHROW | The only field athletics event apart from discus that uses a safety cage (6,5) |
| IPL | Abbreviation for the sporting organisation whose matches were the first sports events broadcast live on YouTube, in 2010 |
| HAMMER | Strongly criticise field athletics event (6) |
