| STANDOFF | Position also known as fly-half or outside-half (5-3) |
| GREIG | ..... Laidlaw, scrum half or outside half capped 76 times by Scotland (5) |
| POKERE | Steve ......, centre or outside half who played 18 internationals for the All Blacks from 1981 to 1985 (6) |
| TENTACLE | Beastly type out on a limb as fly-half in front of tackle misses first kick (8) |
| BEATEN | Play as fly-half - unsuccessfully? |
| BENNETT | Phil, rugby union player born in 1948 who played as fly-half for Llanelli and Wales (7) |
| SHUTTERS | Hinged, often louvred panels for the inside or outside of windows (8) |
| EPICYCLE | A circle that moves around the inside or outside of another circle (8) |
| ALFRESCO | Fancy loafers featuring stitching in the middle or outside (8) |
| ALEXKING | Rosslyn Park, Wasps, Clermont Auvergne and England outside half (4,4) |
| CHALMERS | Craig ........ , Melrose, Harlequins, Worcester Warriors and Scotland outside half (8) |
| EXTERNAL | Everlasting kiss inside or outside (8) |
| ONEHORSE | Left half or right half in team, with predictable result (3-5) |
| FRACTION | A numerical quantity such as a half or a third (8) |
| WEBCOMIC | "Hyperbole and a Half" or "The Oatmeal" |
| RETICLE | Network of fine lines or threads in the eyepiece of an optical instrument used to determine an object's scale or position; also called graticule (7) |
| COVER | Off-side position, also an envelope. (5) |
| SWEEPER | Football position also referred to as "libero" (7) |
| WHIRR | Soft sound e.g. of reel as fly-line is cast (5) |
| REELS | Devices such as fly, centrepin and big pit (5) |
