| ONTHESIDE | In the team, but secretly (2,3,4) |
| TAKESIDES | Consider the teams but don't be impartial (4,5) |
| UPTOSNUFF | In good health, but secretly inhaling tobacco? |
| TOOKSIDES | Photographed both teams, but was biased (4,5) |
| CAPPED | Selected for the team, but beaten (6) |
| PLAYINGUP | Causing pain in the team at university |
| REINSTATE | Checks Blythe will use to get put back in the team (9) |
| SIDESTEPS | Dodges cats, perhaps, back in the teams (9) |
| OVERTLY | Openly but secretly topless (7) |
| LETINTO | Allowed to enter, but secretly? (3,4) |
| SPIRITED | Full of life, but secretly abducted (8) |
| EGOISTS | Ones who might say "there's no I in 'TEAM'... but there is in 'WIN'" |
| STL | City with an MLB team and an NHL team, but no NBA team |
| GOESBYTHEBOARD | Passes inspection team but is ignored |
| SIGN | Will join a new team, but with some resignation (4) |
| EXISTS | Blunderingly sets about team - but lives! (6) |
| CELTIC | Scottish team, but it could be Welsh or Irish (6) |
| STANDASIDE | One might sustain a team, but will take no further action (5,5) |
| ORL | City with an NBA team, but no NFL, MLB, or NHL club: Abbr. |
| BYE | A run for the team but not for the batsman? |
