| ENGARDE | Phrase typically used when starting or restarting a fencing bout |
| ETCETERA | Phrase typically shortened to its first three letters |
| THROWIN | Method of restarting a game of football after the ball has left the field of play (5-2) |
| PISTE | From the French meaning "trail" or "track", a marked run of compacted snow for skiing/snowboarding; or, the field of play where fencing bouts take place (5) |
| CORNER | An angle; a hideaway; a type of free kick as a method of restarting play in football; or, a tight spot or jam (6) |
| SOT | A drinker, thus starting or finishing tight |
| STA | Starting or ending point for a commuter: Abbr. |
| TAXIING | Starting or ending a flight |
| EYEOPENER | Something starting or revealing (3-6) |
| VARNISHING | Very damaging to forget starting or finishing process? (10) |
| LONGE | Exercise resembling a fencing thrust of the same name; or, a long rope used in horse-training (5) |
| EPEE | Record a couple of additives used in a fencing weapon (4) |
| PASS | A fencing thrust; a juggling trick; or, the act of making no bid in bridge (4) |
| FOIL | An arc in Gothic tracery; thin leaf of metal set under a gemstone; shiny food-wrap; or, a fencing sword (4) |
| BLUNT | Lacking a sharp point, as a fencing sword |
| TOUCHE | Acknowledgment of a hit by a fencing opponent |
| THRUSTED | It gives a boost to a fencing competitor? (8) |
| DROPBALL | In soccer, a method of restarting the match after a stoppage (4,4) |
| LINEOUT | A method of restarting play in a game of rugby (4-3) |
| SCRUM | A ..., a method of restarting play in rugby. (5) |
