| GUIDELINES | One of those girls from the association marks on the pitch, 'The Principal Rules' (10) |
| IMONE | Born Ruffians "___ of Those Girls" |
| HER | One of those girls |
| PENALTYSPOT | Fine place for a mark on the pitch |
| DIARCHY | Homework covering principal rule of two (7) |
| AIR | "Who's peekin' out from under a stairway, callin' a name that's lighter than _ _ _", from The Association's "Windy" (3) |
| CHURLISHISTHEWORD | With 77 Across, grouchy lyric from The Association? |
| TUNING | Adjusting the pitch, ... the piano |
| EYEGLASSES | Source of marks on the nose of a witness in 12 Angry Men |
| ARMORYSHOW | The ?, International Exhibition of Modern Art as organised by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors in New York in 1913 |
| FAIRGROUND | A certain pitch the showman gets to (10) |
| AUTOMOBILE | The --- Association, British motoring association founded in 1905 (10) |
| CHEESECAKE | Pictures of girls from Derby, perhaps, and Dundee? (10) |
| LIVERSPOTS | Marks on the skin appearing in old age (5,5) |
| DEBUTANTES | Society girls from East End, but improving (10) |
| TWEENAGERS | Informal word for preadolescent boys or girls from around 9-12 who, according to Chambers Dictionary, have "already developed an interest in fashion, pop music, and exasperating his or her parents" (1 |
| MYTHS | Stories of young girls from the patht? (5) |
| SPICE | Girls from the '90s often found in the kitchen (5) |
| BLARNEYSTONE | Local quarrel crosses line on small pitch - the visitors with the gift of the gab might have been touched by this (7,5) |
| SLAG | Criticize girls from the south (4) |
