| JUDOIST | I'd joust with difficulty as one practising combat (7) |
| THROWONESWEIGHTAROUND | Be over-assertive, as one practising shot-put might? |
| TAKETHE | Grapple boldly with difficulty as one might do in the ring in Spain (4,3,4,2,3,5) |
| TOOKTHE | Grappled boldly with difficulty as one might have done in the ring in Spain (4,3,4,2,3,5) |
| INVESTOR | Strive on with difficulty as one looking for financial return (8) |
| BULLBYTHEHORNS | Grapple boldly with difficulty as one might do in the ring in Spain (4,3,4,2,3,5) |
| USELESS | Some joust with a tennis player in vain (7) |
| PITFALL | Difficulty as mine drop (7) |
| ASCETIC | One practising self-denial as a discipline (7) |
| CHEETAH | Fast animal-one practising deceit, say (7) |
| BURGLAR | One practising lifting at home? (7) |
| EXACTOR | Former person on stage is one practising extortion (7) |
| KISSING | Hominid activity studied by one practising philematology (7) |
| TILTSAT | Jousts with |
| DRAGGEDOUT | Drawn with difficulty as protracted. (7,3) |
| SCRAPEUP | Gather with difficulty, as money |
| EXACTS | Gets from with difficulty, as the previous wife does (6) |
| DRAG | Move with difficulty as monster missing leg |
| HAMMEROUT | Reach with difficulty, as an agreement |
| LIMP | Walk with difficulty, as after an injury |
