| PAGANS | Kangaroos tactic of running into space, ... Paddock (6) |
| KETTLE | Which verb describes the police tactic of encircling protesters? (6) |
| RAPIER | Charge that is running into furthest tip of silver sword (6) |
| LONELY | Lacking company, running into Dutch artist in England (6) |
| CRACOW | Vehicle going uphill running into animal in European city (6) |
| PITONS | Spikes running into stones (6) |
| LEGATO | Smoothly, a musical term for a piece played with the notes running into each other (6) |
| ELODEA | Weed in open ditch running into river |
| HEROIC | Like running into a burning building to find survivors |
| FILIBUSTER | Tactic of speaking at length to obstruct the passage of legislation in a parliament or congress (10) |
| BRINKMANSHIP | Negotiating tactic of making credible threats in the hope of winning concessions (12) |
| TIMEWASTING | Tactic of slowing play towards the end of a match, to prevent the opposition scoring (4-7) |
| SMOKESCREEN | Deceptive tactic, of sorts |
| HARDSELL | Tactic of aggressive promotion (4,4) |
| ECOTAGE | Tactic of radical environmentalism |
| BACKTOFRONT | Reversed tactic of having defender as striker |
| FULLCOURTPRESS | Defensive tactic of busy journalists covering The Old Bailey? |
| GOFORTHEJUGULAR | If you have the neck, here's my tactic of attack, says Drac! (2,3,3,7) |
| OPENNET | The late game tactic of pulling a hockey goalie results in a what?: 2 wds. |
| PARTYLINES | Tactics of shared telephone circuits (5,5) |
