| STEVEBACKLEY | Retired athlete who sometimes commentates in TV coverage of field events |
| AIRTIME | Excellent merit possibly in TV coverage? (7) |
| SELFEVIDENT | An anagram of FIELD EVENTS |
| VAULTED | Athlete who sometimes uses a pole (7) |
| VAULTER | Athlete who sometimes uses a horse (7) |
| SHOTPUT | Push tot out of field event (4,3) |
| DISS | English town copper drops out of field event |
| FORTHEHIGHJUMP | Certain to be punished on account of field event (3,3,4,4) |
| LYNAM | Des _, retired broadcaster famed for his TV coverage of major sporting events (5) |
| STEVESMITH | Retired athlete who is the joint holder of the British outdoor high jump record and sole holder of the British indoor record (5,5) |
| ENNIS | British retired athlete who specialised in the heptathlon and 100 metres hurdles, Jessica _-Hill (5) |
| COE | Sebastian _, retired athlete who became a Life Peer in 2000 (3) |
| ENNISHILL | Jessica --- ---, retired athlete who won gold in the heptathlon at the 2012 Olympic Games (5-4) |
| LOCALNEWS | TV coverage of city events, say |
| SATELLITE | Such TV coverage of the day the Spanish set fire to the heart of Barcelona (9) |
| CHAIN | The ____, song by Fleetwood Mac used as a theme tune for TV coverage of Formula One racing (5) |
| GUYMOWBRAY | TV football commentator born in 1972 who commentates on the revived Gladiators show (3,7) |
| LORD | Title of retired athlete Sebastian Coe (4) |
| LEGARD | Jonathan ___, lead commentator for the BBC's Formula One TV coverage in 2009 and 2010 |
| OBSERVER | One who commentates on ordinary British tennis player |
