| LOCKOUT | Management tactic rugby player finds unacceptable (4-3) |
| HARPIST | Instrument player finds it sharp, terribly (7) |
| CORPSES | Bodies on stage? Player finds it irresistibly funny |
| ONCUE | Snooker player finds tip here at the right moment (2,3) |
| OUTSIDELEFT | Player finds the exterior remaining? (7,4) |
| PIPER | Player finds promenade without parking (5) |
| INFIELDER | Defensive player finds free lid in convertible (9) |
| FACTOR | At the outset, football player finds agent |
| THESPIAN | Player finds intuition in a thin novel |
| LOCKUPS | Rugby player raised support principally for small shops? (4-3) |
| BACKOFF | Rugby player on holiday in retreat (4,3) |
| BACKOUT | Rugby player in public gets to withdraw from a commitment (4,3) |
| FLYHALF | Females hug youth leader in hall, rowdy rugby player (3,4) |
| OUTHALF | Foul that almost incapacitated rugby player (3-4) |
| PUTBACK | Delay training interrupted by university rugby player (3,4) |
| PITPROP | Feel sorry for the most part for rugby player - a supporter of mine (3,4) |
| LATECUT | Shot dead ___ current government tactic? (4,3) |
| RAMRAID | Smash and grab tactic for sheep rustling? (3,4) |
| EDWARDS | Gareth ___ former Welsh rugby player who was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 1997 |
| GOODTRY | Kudos to an Olympic rugby player? |
