| HOCKEYSTICK | Remain with sport first, it's used in it (6,5) |
| BREEZEBLOCK | And a slab used in it! (6,5) |
| ODORCONTROL | Baking soda is often used in it |
| SUBJUNCTIVE | Secured by loan one has, junior court were often used in it? |
| ALLROUNDERS | Versatile people find everything with sport (3-8) |
| BASEBALLBAT | Party animal leaves headquarters with sports equipment |
| STICKLEBACK | Fish will remain with the French footballer (11) |
| NETBALL | Seven-a-side game/sport first played in the UK in 1895, today with national teams including the Rose |
| DIVING | Sport first included in the Olympics in 1904 (known as 'plunging' in those days!) |
| INDIA | World's second-most populous country, where modern polo originated in 1859 with the foundation of the sport's first club in Silchar (5) |
| SUMO | Sport first included in the Summer Olympics in 1964 (4) |
| RACLETTE | Fondue-like dish with potatoes, or the cheese often used in it |
| VOLLEYBALL | Indoor team sport first played in 1895 and included in every Olympic Games since 1964 (10) |
| ALBANYNEWYORK | American city that outlawed golf from its streets in 1659, marking the sport's first official mentio |
| KHOKHO | Which sport's first-ever World Cup was held in Delhi in January 2025? (3,3) |
| CANOEING | Water sport, first held at the Olympic Games in 1936 (8) |
| ICEHOCKEY | Sport first developed in Canada |
| WATERPOLO | Olympic sport first held on the Seine in 1900 |
| ANAPHORA | Device used in "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" |
| NAPALM | Ally during controversial US conflict briefly seeing what was used in it (6) |
