| LADYKILLER | Lothario really liked to play with fire, ultimately getting knocked out |
| FLUSTERED | Fred, full of passion and fire, ultimately getting agitated (9) |
| RESCUEME | TV show with the tagline "Sometimes you have to play with fire" |
| COURTDISASTER | To play with fire is a Wimbledon catastrophe, perhaps (5,8) |
| ELIMINATED | Happy to admit you can count on me getting knocked out (10) |
| PRODUCTIVE | With no hint of mask, Trump's riddled with COVID 19, ultimately getting rich (10) |
| TENNISBALL | Type of haircut for one of those getting knocked about in court (6,4) |
| STUPENDOUS | Dynamite used on ground alongside places getting knocked over (10) |
| PROCURER | One getting knocked out of cup with error |
| MARVELLED | Flabbergasted when Mum celebrated English getting knocked out (9) |
| SWEATSHOP | Pots he was getting knocked out in a factory of exploitation (5,4) |
| OOF | Sound of the wind getting knocked out of you |
| IMMENSE | Huge chaps in semi getting knocked out (7) |
| REGARDING | About Edgar getting knocked out in the ring |
| SLOVENE | Melania perhaps serene before getting knocked out by love |
| BALZAC | Writer Goldsmith, following brawls, regularly getting knocked out (6) |
| SEDATED | Maybe dead set on getting knocked out (7) |
| FRAULEIN | Dortmund miss final, rue getting knocked out |
| TORPEDO | Explosive device to drop, designed to catch fire ultimately (7) |
| LIVEDANGEROUSLY | Argue only devils foolishly play with fire (4,11) |
