| GRIDIRON | Field of play in American football (8) |
| SNAP | Start of play in American football, when the centre passes the ball back from the line of scrimmage |
| SCRIMMAGE | Sequence of play in American football (9) |
| SWINGINGGATE | The --, an unorthodox set-piece play in American football (8,4) |
| TOUCHDOWN | Scoring play in American football worth six points (9) |
| SAFETY | Two-point play in American football |
| GROUNDGAME | Running plays, in American football parlance |
| ANOREXIC | A number eleven entering field of play, hungry-looking? |
| REDSKINS | Washington ........, in American football, former name of Washington Football Team (8) |
| PITCH | Field of play in football, say (5) |
| TUNNEL | Passage that allows entrance to, and exit from, the field of play in a football stadium (6) |
| RECEIVER | In American football, a player on the offensive team who specialises in catching long passes (8) |
| PITCHOUT | Lateral pass behind the line of scrimmage in American football, especially from the quarterback to a running back (8) |
| TIGHTEND | Position in American football (5,3) |
| HALFBACK | Defensive position in American Football (4-4) |
| HAILMARY | Long toss in American football |
| THROWIN | Method of restarting a game of football after the ball has left the field of play (5-2) |
| TEMPEST | Play's in American city, by the way (7) |
| INTOTOUCH | Where the ball's been kicked, in Rugby, if it's gone out of the field of play (4,5) |
| KITS | In sport, garments used to identify members of a team on a field of play (4) |
