| REFUGEE | One needing sanctuary from match official and United man |
| RELIEF | Assistance from match official about position of ball (6) |
| ARC | Part of a curve in sanctuary from a flood, we're told (3) |
| ASYLUM | Sanctuary from persecution (6) |
| TELLES | The United man from Porto (6) |
| DOUGLAS | Party drink, unfinished, has united man (7) |
| REEVE | Old English word for an Anglo-Saxon high official and one, with "shire", from which "sheriff" derives (5) |
| REFRAINED | Abstained from having a shower between football official and news boss (9) |
| FANLIGHT | Supporter from match is often at front of house (8) |
| COMEOFFIT | Result from match? Yeah, right! (4,3,2) |
| LUCERNE | In Switzerland, if expelled from match, get points (7) |
| LEGATEE | He'll take what's left from match receipts into shelter (7) |
| SCRATCH | Withdraw from match on account of injury |
| CUPID | Prize I had from match maker (5) |
| DATES | Some outcomes from Match.com |
| OSRIC | Leading official and disheartened supporter sick at heart, one of few to survive Hamlet (5) |
| DUNNE | MP from 1984-2017 who at various times represented Labour, United NZ and United Future (5) |
| OUTONADATE | Benefiting from Match.com |
| PROCURATOR | Legal official and professional custodian (10) |
| VESTRYMAN | Church official and archdeacon circling street with representation of Mary |
