| SUBDUE | Reserve player is expected to conquer |
| SCRATCH | Zero handicap in golf, indicating that a player is expected to score par or better on a round (7) |
| SUPERB | Reserve player runs round for each ace (6) |
| ICEMAN | He delivers reserve player, diamond geezer (6) |
| UNDERSTUDY | Reserve player is being considered |
| SUBURBAN | Reserve player is suave, almost, in the outer area of a city |
| SUBTITLE | You'll read this at the end of the film from Cannes - short reserve player is a target for every team in the Championship (8) |
| DIVIDE | What to do to runs by wickets to conquer the formula for a batter's average (6) |
| STOOPS | What she does to conquer, according to Oliver Goldsmith (6) |
| DEFEAT | Deft, say, to conquer? (6) |
| RUBENS | Artist once game to conquer mountains (6) |
| OLIVER | - Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer dramatist (6) |
| INVADE | Enter by force to conquer (6) |
| OCCUPY | Business lifted trophy with footy final to conquer (6) |
| TWINGE | Time to conquer, for instance, returning pain (6) |
| BEATLE | One of the Fab Four to conquer the French (6) |
| LEMONS | From an Arabic word once used as a collective term for all citruses, lime-like fruits with which James Lind helped to conquer scurvy (6) |
| ATTILA | King of the Huns who attempted to conquer Roman Gaul in 451 (6) |
| DESOTO | Spaniard granted the right to conquer Florida by Charles V |
| NEVADA | Had avenger returned to conquer this state? |
