| TENORCLEF | Sets up convict over credit for English car with note to the players (5,4) |
| BENTLEY | English car with a winged logo |
| CHEVROLET | US car with note about the lover |
| STIR | Prison Warden locks up convict at last (4) |
| REIMBURSE | Hanger-on in French city with note to pay back |
| HUEANDCRY | Reports Hugh Andrew over credit racket (3,3,3) |
| LIMOUSINE | Milo roaming the States in English car (9) |
| GREENBELT | Welcome note to the Spanish inside protected area (5,4) |
| SERENADES | Consigns the notes to the flames! (9) |
| SETONEDGE | Make tense when returning notes to the border (3,2,4) |
| PASSABLE | The Hart Trophy goes to the "player adjudged to be the most _ to his team" |
| DEAL | A bargain; the act of distributing cards; the hands allotted to the players; or, from "plank", softwood, such as fir or pine, for construction (4) |
| UNPLAYABLE | According to the players they were written for, the violin concertos by Tchaikovsky and Barber were ____ |
| AUDIENCE | Chancellor of the Exchequer follows gold stamp with note to listeners |
| HANDITIN | Surprise Institute in Ulster with note to deliver to Lost Property Office (4,2,2) |
| ECRU | Fawn over credit union we're trying to leave (4) |
| SCRIPT | You've got to hand it to the players - it's just what doctor ordered! (6) |
| FRONTROW | Nearest to the players on the rugby pitch (5,3) |
| HOOK | In golf, a shot that causes the ball to go to the player's left (4) |
| REP | Player ___ (NFLer chosen to be a team's liaison to the players' union) |