| FORWARDS | In rugby, players numbered one to eight (8) |
| FRONTROW | Collective name for rugby union players numbered 1, 2 and 3 (5,3) |
| IRONS | Clubs numbered one to nine |
| EXIT | The highest-numbered one on a U.S. interstate is 880 |
| IRON | Golf club which can be numbered 1 to 9 |
| LOCKERROOMS | Pants - or more - found in rugby players' changing areas? |
| BACKSEATDRIVER | Advisor who's not welcome to dine in rugby players' club (4-4,6) |
| MONOPOLY | Real-estate board game for two to eight players, in which each player's goal is to remain financially solvent while forcing opponents into bankruptcy. (8) |
| CUBEROOT | Youngster also about to return at two to eight, say (4,4) |
| PHONETIC | Spelled as spoken, and what's spelled out by the sounds added to eight phrases in this puzzle when said aloud |
| SECONDROW | Collective term in rugby for players numbered 4 and 5 (6,3) |
| LOCKJAW | Muscle tightening in rugby player, long conversation ensuing? |
| JERSEY | CFl player's numbered top |
| KITTEN | Junior player's numbered outfit (6) |
| DARTS | Game with a board numbered 1- |
| OMNIDIRECTIONAL | Like the answers to eight starred clues ... and a hint as to how to fill them in |
| OCTET | First of all, one counting to eight, total in group |
| NEVAEH | Anagrammatic girls' name given to eight babies in 1999, and 4,457 in 2005 |
| TEN | What's close to eight, closer to nine, and closer to eleven too? |
| VOYAGETOMARS | From earth, one would take approximately six to eight months: 3 wds. |
