| YALELOCK | Key-operated device Ivy League university rugby player's used (4,4) |
| PROP | Rugby player used on stage (4) |
| PUTBACK | Delay training interrupted by university rugby player (3,4) |
| PADLOCK | Removable key- operated securing device |
| TREBLECLEF | Key operated by the right hand (6,4) |
| LOCKSMITH | Maker and mender of key-operated security devices |
| NEWHAVEN | Home of Sally's and Pepe's pizzerias (and an Ivy League university) |
| COLUMBIA | Ivy League university in New York |
| TREADLES | Foot-operated devices having lad steer awkwardly |
| YALE | Ivy League university in Connecticut, _ University (4) |
| UNBLOCK | No ball carried by university rugby forward, that's clear |
| NUXVOMICA | IOC man stumbling across university rugby team's drug |
| GURUS | Mentors in university rugby entering sides of grounds (5) |
| TEAMERS | Special-___ (football players used only in specific situations) |
| STROLL | Make leisurely progress, as old-time players used to do (6) |
| RUBBER | Some bridge players used to secure a lot of money, say (6,4) |
| STAGENAMES | "Wells Fargo" and "Deadwood," say - travelling players used them |
| BRUSHASIDE | Ignore sweeper eleven players used? (5,5) |
| BAND | Some bridge players used to secure a lot of money, say (6,4) |
| CORNELL | Ivy League university founded in 1865 in Ithaca (7) |
