| FIELDMARSHAL | Outside arena to guide one calling all the shots on campaign trail (5,7) |
| ITBITES | English band who had a top ten hit with Calling All the Heroes in 1986 |
| ELIAKAZAN | The Spanish Nazi in retirement- acquiring alias - called the shots on the waterfront (4,5) |
| TRIALJUDGE | One calling the shots on court? |
| DIR | Calls the shots on the set: Abbr. |
| BRINGABOUT | Will cause graduate to go outside arena prior to fight |
| STADIUM | Nowadays, I must work outside arena |
| GRINGO | American in Mexico shot outside arena (6) |
| BATMAN | Serve bantam to one of those looking out for someone on campaign trail perhaps (6) |
| STEER | Shouldn't take till the cows come home to guide one home. (5) |
| SONNETEER | Poet of sorts to guide one in grasping point (9) |
| MENTOR | Having met no trouble, it's right for him to guide one's thinking (6) |
| TILLER | It helps to guide one cultivating crops |
| CLEW | Lower corner of a sail; or, a ball of thread used to guide one through a labyrinth or maze (4) |
| KEEPACLEANSHEET | Ordering cheapest ale, keen to save all the shots? (4,1,5,5) |
| MISSES | All the shots one doesn't take, per a saying |
| EMBEDDED | Sounds like one is part of the plot covered by writer on the campaign trail (8) |
| RINGSUP | Phones one in the boxing arena to have a drink (5,2) |
| LOBBIED | Went on campaign that's pitched to take one in (7) |
| HEREGOESNOTHING | "Well, you miss all the shots you don't take" |
