| SPORTSMANSHIP | It's playing the game, in more ways than one (13) |
| AUNTSALLY | Fair game in more senses than one, relatively speaking? (4,5) |
| SPORTSMANLIKE | Pointless mark made when playing the game (13) |
| FOURTHQUARTER | Last part of the game in regulation, in football (2 wds.) |
| SLIDETROMBONE | Its playing may make you listen with boredom |
| GATERECEIPTS | In the airport, slips in the shop with the money from playing the game (4,8) |
| OMAN | Which country overlooking the mouth of the Persian Gulf just participated in its 11th consecutive summer Olympics since making its debut in the Games in 1984? (4) |
| DOMINO | Small rectangular dotted block used in playing the game, as in the variety of Wisteria floribunda (6) |
| POSE | Posture assumed in order to be painted or photographed; any of the various yogic asanas; or, the right to begin the game in dominoes (4) |
| CHAHAL | Player who took 4 for 28 in a low-scoring thriller against KKR in the last match, turning the game in his team's favour.(Last Name) (6) |
| RALLIED | Tied the game in the bottom of the ninth, e.g. |
| ANTE | Remove a card before the start of the game, in Magic: The Gathering |
| SCRABBLE | The dimensions of its playing surface 8 and 1 put together from scratch (8) |
| MILITARYBAND | Army banned, one hears, for its playing of martial music (8,4) |
| CHARADES | Second chance in arcades playing the game (8) |
| BACK | Support for one of those playing the game (4) |
| LEAPFROGGING | Playing the game, it has its ups and downs and some backing (12) |
| NETBALL | In which girls may be all bent on playing the game (7) |
| IMAGE | Picture one playing the game (5) |
| SPORTSWEAR | Ones playing the game believe in games kit |
