| DRYBOB | Schoolboy who goes in for cricket, football etc. in preference to rowing (3,3) |
| TYRANT | Despot who goes in for petty ranting (6) |
| SPORTS | Soccer, cricket, football etc. |
| PITCH | Field of play for cricket, football or rugby; or, a street vendor's station (5) |
| ORPHAN | Had a liking to rowing boats reportedly so lacked commercial sponsorship (6) |
| SPORT | Cricket, football etc (5) |
| PLUSFOURS | Trousers added to rowing team (4,5) |
| SELECT | Choose someone or something in preference to another or others (6) |
| RATHER | In preference to her following the animal |
| BEFORE | In preference to (6) |
| OPENER | Cricket batsman who goes in first (6) |
| BUNTER | Billy, fictional schoolboy who was a pupil at Greyfriars School (6) |
| ENTERS | Goes in for it in order to resent it (6) |
| ONSIDE | Legally positioned at football etc (6) |
| ONEFOR | Teaspoon preference to hand. Oh for no trouble brewing like this!(3,3,4,6,3,3,3,3,3) |
| OPTICS | Expresses preference to include one conservative branch of physics (6) |
| PRIORY | Religious institution has preference to be without it (6) |
| SOONER | In preference |
| ELECT | Choose in preference to those who have been designated for salvation |
| AUGURS | Because the guru goes in for making forecasts (6) |
