| LEAPYEAR | Replace a player around end of June 2020, for example (4,4) |
| TENEMENT | Rubbish home team lacking player around start of extra time (8) |
| BLOCKBUSTER | Hit American football player around chest |
| TRANSMAN | Guy protected against employment discrimination, per a landmark SCOTUS decision in June 2020 |
| CATALYST | Players around Italy lacking information - it could cause a reaction |
| REPLACED | Subs in for ticket reseller returning around end of June (8) |
| PRORATES | It's proportional in America getting press release for old informers around end of June (8) |
| IMPERIAL | August: one month before April, unusually around end of June (8) |
| PARALYSE | Mistake players around area make still |
| RUCK | Word for a heap, pile or stack of fuel or hay; a multitude or throng; an undistinguished crowd; or, a loose scrum of players around a rugby ball (4) |
| DATE | May 5 2020 for example |
| YEARS | 2019 and 2020 for example |
| YRS | 2019 and 2020 for example: Abbr. |
| FRI | Nov. 20, 2020, for example (Abbr.) |
| LEAP | ___ year (2020, for example) |
| TRANSRIGHTS | Subject of a historic June 2020 Supreme Court ruling |
| WOMBLES | Spy cracking lob shot with three players around, a common feature of Wimbledon (7) |
| MAYOR | Political office sought in the Jon Stewart satire "Irresistible" (June, 2020) |
| VAMPIREWEEKEND | Indie rock band that won a Best Alternative Music Album Grammy in 2020 for Father of the Bride: 2 wds. |
| CENTENARY | 2020, for the passage of the amendment that gave women the right to vote |
