| TRANMEREROVERS | Merseyside football club; or never smarter (anag.) (8,6) |
| EVERTON | Merseyside football club (7) |
| CLAUSTROPHOBIA | Working at club or shop, one with a fear of confined spaces |
| ARMREST | Part of a chair - smarter (anag) (7) |
| READINGGLASSES | University golf lessons with no clubs or visual aids |
| COLOURS | Flag indicating nationality or regiment; or, a badge, cap or other symbol of membership of a club or school sports team (7) |
| STASH | Informal word for a secret store or its hiding place; or, university attire emblazoned with the logo of its sports club or society e.g. (5) |
| MASCOT | From the Provencal meaning "charm" or "witch", a talisman or person often adopted by a club or team as a symbol of good luck (6) |
| LEAGUE | An old distance of three miles or an hour's walk; an alliance of clubs or sports teams; or, a class or group (6) |
| BAND | Tokyo Police Club or Bombay Bicycle Club |
| DJING | Playing recorded music on radio or at a club or party (5) |
| TAKEASWING | Try to hit, or what one can do with a bat, club, or racket |
| SPADE | A playing card other than a diamond, club or heart; or, a shovel-like tool (5) |
| BLAZER | Plain, trimmed or striped jacket traditionally woven in the identifying colours of a rowing club or school (6) |
| TOE | Very end of a golf club or hurley; pointe technique; or, a foot digit (3) |
| DRIVER | A cabby or chauffeur; a 1-wood golf club; or, the actress "Minnie" (6) |
| SWEETSPOT | Point on a cricket bat, golf club or tennis racquet from which the cleanest shots are made; or, any place for obtaining optimal results (5-4) |
| BRASSY | A bronze-colour fish; an old name for a two-wood golf club; or, a word generally meaning bronzish, harsh in tone, like a horn, loud or showy (6) |
| BATON | Word for a club or cudgel first, later a relay racer's rod; a majorette's mace; a maestro's wand; a short French stick; or, a thick julienne-cut vegetable (5) |
| IRON | A branding tool, clothes-press, golf club or stirrup, each named after the ferric rust-forming metal from which they were originally made or cast (4) |
