| BASSETS | Hounds sportsmen holding a letter up (7) |
| TILDE | Mark on letter "up to date", removing contents |
| ASSASSINATE | Killer's Greek letter ups order on swift kill |
| COURTIER | Messenger holding a letter for a royal attendant (8) |
| DEAR | Cardinal, say, is back holding a letter-opener |
| LOSS | Mix letters up to signal distress after large deficit (4) |
| PARLIAMENTARIAN | Father, say, and heretic carry letters up for MP (15) |
| ZIPPY | Spry current parish priest cuts last letters up (5) |
| UNADDRESSED | Got nude holding a letter not having a destination (11) |
| GOLFERS | Sportsmen who beat up monarchs (7) |
| PLAYERS | Parsley served up for the sportsmen (7) |
| SURFERS | Sportsmen off Calais or couch potatoes (7,7) |
| CHANNEL | Sportsmen off Calais or couch potatoes (7,7) |
| SKILIFT | Gondola, T-bar, cable car, funifor, funitel: a system for transporting winter sportsmen/women up mountains (3,4) |
| TOPSIDE | Cut leading sportsmen (7) |
| HUNTERS | The sportsmen who make the runs (7) |
| ANGLERS | Sportsmen seen at the bank (7) |
| GHILLIE | In Notting Hill, I encountered guide for sportsmen (7) |
| LEAGUES | Article in French about fit groups of sportsmen (7) |
| STALKED | Head of sportsmen chatted as he stealthily followed deer? (7) |
