| INEARNEST | Real tennis long forgotten being played seriously (2,7) |
| RECORDERS | Musical instruments traditionally thought of as not being played seriously, for which Vivaldi wrote |
| OUTOFONESMIND | Having forgotten being mad (3,2,4,4) |
| PENTHOUSE | Historically, a lean-to or shed attached to a building, now used to describe a top-floor luxury apartment; or, any one of the sloping roofs of a real tennis court (9) |
| INFECTION | Tone of voice suggesting long forgotten disease? |
| ANAMNESIS | Recollection of something long forgotten (9) |
| ROCKOPERA | Could be Tommy Cooper lark, long forgotten broadcast (4,5) |
| ASTHMATIC | Wheezy when it's a match being played (9) |
| MOONRIVER | Song being played, right one to get someone jigging around? (4,5) |
| CROSSOVER | Like certain music making you irate - no longer being played? |
| SUGGESTED | Proposed to egg on second duets being played (9) |
| SERENADES | Heard being played just as Des and Rene got together (9) |
| STAGEDOOR | Access for cast re-entering as Godot is being played (5-4) |
| DANCEHALL | Mostly lack Handel being played in entertainment venue (5-4) |
| DEBUTANTE | She comes out of bed at tune being played (9) |
| ACTIONMAN | Child's toy cannot aim after being played with (6,3) |
| INTERNALISE | To get a mental grasp of real tennis, I played |
| CROWNCOURT | This should be just the place for real tennis? |
| TAMBOUR | Wooden frame made from two concentric hoops for keeping embroidery cloth taut; or, a buttress on a real tennis or Eton fives court (7) |
| AMNESIA | It is a name long forgotten (7) |
