| PITCH | Sales patter for the playing field (5) |
| COOPERATE | Pigeon patter + for each + supped |
| STAND | Prepare for the playing of the national anthem |
| ARENA | Tina at the playing field (5) |
| TRIES | Attempts to score with them on the playing field (5) |
| RUGBY | Legend has it that our sport was invented in 1823 on the playing fields of The Close in - - - School (5) |
| LEVEL | ___ the playing field; equalize |
| SPIEL | Endless agents with line in sales patter (5) |
| APRILFOOLSDAY | Occasion for the playing of practical jokes (5,5,3) |
| BINGO | The playing of all seven tiles in a single turn in Scrabble; an old name for brandy; the game housey-housey; or, by extension, a word used as an interjection of success/discovery (5) |
| COURT | In short, the ball is within the playing area (5) |
| SIDES | In the press I describe the playing forces (5) |
| TEMPORISE | Gain time for the playing speed to get up (9) |
| KINGOFHEARTS | Asking for the playing card (4,2,6) |
| PISTE | Marked ski run down a mountain; or, the playing area/strip for fencing (5) |
| BEANO | Original name for "bingo," after the bits used to cover the playing cards |
| GAMES | The playing of Napoleon Solo? (5) |
| EXACT | Take with difficulty from the playing cat (5) |
| OUTFIELD | In baseball, the area of the playing field beyond the lines connecting first, second, and third bases (8) |
| ODDS | Even the ___ (level the playing field) |
