| OUTFIELDER | In cricket, a player whose position is distant from the bowler or wicket-keeper (10) |
| TWELFTHMAN | In cricket, a player selected to play if required as a substitute fielder (7,3) |
| XFL | Short-lived pigskin org. that had a player whose jersey said "He Hate Me" |
| HALFBACK | A player in a ball game whose position is between the forwards and fullbacks (8) |
| CREASE | In cricket, the lines near each wicket marking positions for the bowler or batter (6) |
| NOBALL | Illegal ball in cricket resulting from the bowler overstepping the crease, for example (2,4) |
| CHESSMAN | Bishop, for one, whose position is determined by rank and file |
| FIELDER | Cricket: a player in the field (7) |
| HATTRICK | Magic from the bowler? (3-5) |
| BACKSWING | In golf, tennis and cricket, a player's movement prior to the point of contact with the ball |
| STRIKERS | Cricketers facing the bowlers or those who are out (8) |
| DEFENCE | Resistance against attack, danger or harm; a country's military forces; the plea of the accused in a lawsuit; or, the action of protecting one's goal or wicket against the opposition (7) |
| APOGEE | Point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited (6) |
| WINGTIP | The part of an aircraft's horizontal structure most distant from the fuselage (7) |
| SPHERE | Round three-dimensional figure with all points equally distant from the centre |
| URANUS | Planet that's more distant from the Sun than Saturn |
| OFFING | Distant from the shore (6) |
| HERMIT | One tending to be distant from the rim |
| FARAWAY | Equally distant from the extremes (7) |
| OUTLYING | Distant from the main area |
