| PUNTER | Football player who kicks the ball downfield to the opposing team |
| DRIVEDEFENSIVELY | Road sign, or "be really, really careful as you push the ball downfield"? |
| HACKER | .... who kicks the shins of a skilled computer operative (6) |
| FOOTBALLER | A player who kicks a round ball on a playing field |
| PENALTIES | Kicks awarded to the opposing team in football (9) |
| TURNOVER | Word for transference; a pasty-like triangular pie made by folding one half of the crust around a filling of apple or jam; a small shawl; profit, revenue or yield; or, loss of possession of the ball t |
| NUTMEG | In football, a move in which a player kicks the ball through an opponent's legs (6) |
| ONSIDE | In a legal position when a teammate kicks the ball (6) |
| PUNTS | Kicks the ball |
| CROSS | In football, a passing of the ball from a wide position to the area in front of the opposing team's goal (5) |
| OFFSIDE | To be illegally between the ball and the opposing team's goal line, is to be what (7) |
| TOUCHDOWN | Six-point score in American football made by being in possession of the ball in the opposing team's end zone |
| CONSIDERATE | On the opposing team, at the end, and was understanding about it (11) |
| SIDEARMS | With which to fight the opposing team? (4-4) |
| OTHERHALF | Partner found where the opposing team lines up (5,4) |
| MVP | Sarcastic chant directed at a third-stringer on the opposing team |
| INTERCEPTED | An NFL pass caught by the opposing team (11) |
| OWNGOAL | Score for the opposing team (3,4) |
| POWERPLAY | Advantage when the opposing team has a penalty |
| BOWLER | A hat also called a coke; or, a cricketer who delivers the "cherry" to the opposing batter (6) |
