| PAULPOGBA | Footballer, one stopping rubbish defensive error by defender (missing second half) |
| JOGTROT | Run and scrap, covering defensive error by right back (7) |
| BACKAWAY | Retreat because a defender's missing? (4,4) |
| BLACKBIRD | Songster identified by defender, about 50, getting prison sentence (9) |
| ILLTREATS | Badly handles literal error by Eliot (3-6) |
| EMENDATED | Corrected errors by fellows before meeting held by editor (9) |
| RECIPIENT | Beneficiary of small monetary amount, one stopping late (9) |
| LIGHTYEAR | Buzz from a Pixar film, one stopping awful lethargy (9) |
| BACKSPACE | Key step taken by defenders (9) |
| BILLIARDS | Evil One stopping poet's game |
| NULLIPARA | Woman without issue one stopping useless soldier |
| GAMER | Player tiring in the end, one of the Yankees missing second half (5) |
| PEBBLE | B&B kept by former footballer -one by the sea? (6) |
| ISOGLOSS | One's defensive error leads to defeat for the line |
| OWNGOAL | Defensive error gets cry of pain, followed by a long analysis (3,4) |
| FOG | Daze shown by fellow before defensive error (3) |
| RUM | Talk of sport ___ manager missing second half (6) |
| THESUN | Enthusiastic? Missing second half, lost rag (3,3) |
| REALM | Field Spanish football team missing second half (5) |
| INPUT | Enter popular golf club, missing second half (5) |
