| JUDETHEOBSCURE | One that's booked by ref - not good, but he is confused with score (4,3,7) |
| ISHMAEL | An Old Testament character, but he is confused with Islam (7) |
| CLOUDNINE | Eccentric uncle doing no good - but he's happy on it |
| RESERVATION | Room that's booked on tract of public land (11) |
| PONTEFRACT | West Yorkshire town's ref not surprisingly in agreement (10) |
| AGREE | Ref not quite in time for match |
| PHARISEE | He is confused with praise, being a self-righteous chap |
| WHISTLE | What's blown by ref in game against the French (7) |
| FIELDER | Player, idle sort, grabbed by ref roughly (7) |
| PENALTYTRY | Fine attempt awarded by ref (7,3) |
| KEYHOLESURGERY | Yokel - he is confused by clinic giving laparoscopy (7,7) |
| CHARIOTSOFFIRE | 1981 British film with score by Vangelis (8,2,4) |
| WORCESTERSHIRE | It's where Elgar, at the end, worked with score (14) |
| EXPRESSIONMARK | Air with score for piano, say |
| TASMANIANTIGER | Carnivorous animal is confused with a giant marten |
| WINTERSOLSTICE | Secure title with scores engineered in period of low light? (6,8) |
| TARGET | Sam is not part of the stratagem - but he is the goal (6) |
| NOVICE | He's not an expert, but he is without bad habits (6) |
| FRANCHISE | He is confused by currency in business (9) |
| HARPSICHORD | Phi, with score, mostly confused, beset by complex musical instrument (11) |
