| BUCCANEERS | Name shared by sports teams from Athlone and Tampa Bay. (10) |
| ROSENTHAL | Surname shared by sports presenter Jim and TV scriptwriter Jack |
| MIAMI | The last word of each of the four theme entries is a member of a professional sports team from this city |
| NFL | Org. for Green Bay and Tampa Bay |
| GOASTRAY | Taking second, superlative athlete and Tampa Bay pro lose sight of things (2,6) |
| EARL | British nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess, as in the rhododendrons '___ of Athlone' and '___ of Donoughmore' (4) |
| INFLUENZA | Bar across Channel gets to gauge what's opening in Athlone and at this time of the year, I'm sick of it (9) |
| ETHANOL | Coming from Athlone with volatile substance (7) |
| SCOREBOARD | Twenty get into display watched by sports fans (10) |
| RIEBECKITE | Mineral that is black, ingested by sports ground bird of prey |
| LOCALDERBY | Match between teams from the same area (5,5) |
| LOSANGELES | Albert Pujols played for both MLB teams from this city: 2 wds. |
| OFFPUTTING | Temporarily unattracted by sport causing cold feet? |
| MARKETTOWN | Talk up Athlone, for example ? it once had a legal right to sell things? (6,4) |
| ROVERS | Name shared by football teams from Blackburn and Bristol (6) |
| ALEAST | MLB group with teams from Baltimore, Boston, New York, Tampa Bay and Toronto |
| ATEALOFTWOCITIES | Color used by teams from both San Jose and Jacksonville? |
| RYDER | The ..... Cup, golf competition contested by teams from the USA and Europe (5) |
| CUBANO | Sandwich at the center of a long-running rivalry between Miami and Tampa |
| RACEGOER | Blood and gore relished by sports fan (8) |
