| REPECHAGE | Heat in which defeated contestants have another chance to qualify for the next round (9) |
| LOSERS | Defeated contestants |
| DONOR | One of 130,000 needed to qualify for the next Democratic debate |
| ORACLE | Team which defeated NZ in the 2013 America's Cup (6) |
| DEEPBLUE | Chess-playing computer, developed by IBM, which defeated the world champion in 1996 (4,4) |
| LLANELLI | Welsh rugby club which defeated the All Blacks in 1972 (8) |
| RERELEASE | Another chance to see film about soldiers on fields close to Passchendaele (9) |
| AVINASH | Who is the first Indian athlete to qualify for the final of the men's 3000m steeplechase in the Summer Olympics? (7) |
| RORY | In 2009, ____ McLeod was the first black player to qualify for the World Snooker Championship |
| FALDO | Former World No. 1 golfer who, at the age of 20, became the youngest player ever to qualify for the Ryder Cup (5) |
| DENMARK | Winners of football's European Championships in 1992, despite failing to qualify for the tournament |
| SCOTLAND | Third Associate nation to qualify for the tournament, after Ireland and the Netherlands |
| LAKSHYA | ... Sen, youngest from India to qualify for the season-ending HSBC BWF World Tour Finals. (7) |
| NETHERLANDS | 1988 Euro-winning country; it failed to qualify for the 2016 Euro and returns this year |
| NINETEEN | ... -1 after the round, the number for the next round? (8) |
| LIPSYNCTABLET | Reality show on which contestants have to pretend to sing whatever song comes up on their iPads? |
| AGAIN | "Tonight's another chance to start ___" (lyric from "It's Just Another New Year's Eve") |
| LOSESATURN | Has to wait for the next round, perhaps |
| DRINKPOT | A hand that determines who pays for the next round of cocktails* |
| REPLAY | Another chance to watch priest taking part in race (6) |
