| BUSHRANGERS | President meeting footballers or Australian outlaws |
| SQUAD | Collective noun for maybe 23 footballers - or six Congresspeople (5) |
| FISHFARM | Concern about mum meeting footballers in place of young swimmers (4,4) |
| WAGER | Queen meeting footballer's partner for a bet (5) |
| TRANSFER | A design on paper to be applied to a surface in decalcomania; conveyance of property, a footballer or funds etc from one person or place to another; or, a change of bus/train (8) |
| BABUSHKA | Old Russian to bleat about president meeting Kremlin leader (8) |
| TRUMPETS | Makes proud proclamations of U.S. president meeting aliens (8) |
| TRUMPET | Brag about President meeting alien |
| APLOMB | Coolness of a president meeting maiden in fling (6) |
| KANTE | French footballer or English one around middle of pitch (5) |
| SCORER | Footballer, or etcher? (6) |
| STICKLEBACK | Tolerate the French footballer or swimmer (11) |
| NOAHS | With "ark", a biblical boat or a model of thus with toy animals; or, Australian slang for sharks (5) |
| RANCH | Traditional American cattle farm or Australian "station"; or, a variety of salad dressing with buttermilk (5) |
| TROPPO | An Italian musical term denoting "too much"; or, Australian slang for "doolally" or "mentally disturbed", as attributed to hot weather (6) |
| STRIP | Identifying kit of a footballer; or, a sequence of comic illustrations (5) |
| AOC | Initials of a former Liverpool footballer or a current US politician (3) |
| OPEN | British, French, or Australian |
| STAIRSUPPLY | Stock of steps, or Australian balladeers in heaven |
| SEALION | Marine mammal such as the California ___ or Australian ___ (3,4) |
