| TWANG | Pluck shown by all leading toxophilites when arrow nears gold |
| PADDYFIELD | Temper shown by all competitors in rice-growing area (5,5) |
| ALDERSHOT | Hants. military town near Gold Valley Lakes (*sold earth) (9) |
| PORKER | Piglet, Pooh, Owl, Roo, Kanga, Eeyore, Rabbit - all leading characters there? |
| ABATIS | Defence, historically for all leading clubs around island (6) |
| FOCAL | Footprints of climbers all leading initially towards the centre (5) |
| CALLSBY | Collects all leading letters secretly before your visits (5,2) |
| SNATCH | Pluck shown in American kidnapping (6) |
| EXTRA | More pluck shown after getting caught out (5) |
| ARCHERY | Performed by toxophilites, one of the oldest sports still practised (7) |
| ARROWS | Projectiles made by a fletcher and stored in a toxophilite's quiver (6) |
| GOLD | Something very precious toxophilites aim for (4) |
| BOWS | Weapons of archers/toxophilites; knots of ribbons; or, fiddlesticks (4) |
| FEATHERS | Pennae or plumes known to archers, bowyers, fletchers and toxophilites as fletchings (8) |
| BOWYER | An artisan who makes an instrument used by a toxophilite (6) |
| ARROW | Projectile for toxophilites (5) |
| ARCHERS | Toxophilites |
| TARGETAREA | Where toxophilites aim (6,4) |
| BOWANDARROW | Toxophilite's key equipment (3,3,5) |
| TAKINGABOW | Accepting applause, as a toxophilite? (6,1,3) |