| HYPNOTIC | Sending off pitch, no yellow initially having been waved |
| NYLON | Regularly, no yellow, no fabric (5) |
| STARTLING | Remarkable bird tweeting initially having been caught (9) |
| FENCED | Caters for new church, initially, having been enclosed (6) |
| YELL | Yellow: yellow initially all right, about end of April (4) |
| OUTFORADUCK | Away to get poultry off pitch with no score? (3,3,1,4) |
| JEWSHARP | In Paris I worked initially with off-pitch instrument (4,4) |
| HAY | Dried grass is hard and yellow initially |
| ASPERITY | Sharpness as each one turned yellow, initially (8) |
| GREYNESS | Dullness of yellow initially in green mixture on board (8) |
| CRY | Bark in chestnut rather yellow, initially |
| ENERGY | Animation features design of green and yellow, initially (6) |
| PAISLEY | Pattern is in pale yellow, initially (7) |
| EPEE | It may be waved at the Olympics |
| POMPOM | It might be waved in a court |
| SURFERS | People who may be waved over? |
| DAWN | The first light wand to be waved (4) |
| WANDS | They may be waved at concerts |
| BALL | Off pitch? ... and a hint to the starred answers' starts |
| TAR | Top player first to be sent off pitch |
