| MISMANAGEMENT | Poor running in games meant running miles first (13) |
| COVERDALE | Miles -, first translator of the complete Bible into English in 1535(9) |
| GLEAMING | Bright lass disheartened with running in game |
| ANNULMENT | Cancellation meant running round directions - turn left (9) |
| CONSOMME | Colt running miles in an unspecified course (8) |
| AIMLESS | Like to keep running miles, wanting direction (7) |
| TIMELIMIT | Fellow running mile to object to deadline (4,5) |
| PROMISE | Running mile, sponsor me - you shouldn't go back on this (6,7) |
| SOLEMN | Running mile, sponsor me - you shouldn't go back on this (6,7) |
| IMPORTUNITIES | Bring in games after university solicitations |
| BILLIARDTABLE | A drill bit able to repair item in games room (8,5) |
| DAYTON | *Host of 2015 First Four play-in games |
| TROPICS | One about to join in games taken up in hot regions |
| PLAY | Be in a team and engage in games |
| POLONIUM | Po, the central character in Teletubbies, participated in games |
| JEU | Game, in French (the plural is heard in "Games Without Frontiers") |
| MEANING | Message intended by 'Average in games at first' (7) |
| CAPTAIN | Team leader in games or sports; a ship's skipper; or, a type of head boy/girl in charge of their house (7) |
| NHL | Hockey league that in 1998 1st allowed its players to participate in Games (3) |
| SCORES | Points or results in games or sports; original soundtracks composed for specific films; or, notches in tallies (6) |
