| OUTLINES | Sketches the confines of the playing area (8) |
| OUTFIELD | In baseball and cricket, the part of the playing area furthest from the batting pitch (8) |
| TOUCHLINE | Either of the markings at the side of the playing area in certain games, such as rugby (9) |
| ENTOMBED | Man trapped within the confines of Egyptian resting place, say (8) |
| INDOOR | Within the confines of the house (6) |
| INSIDE | Within the confines of, ... the fence |
| LEGALISE | Put within confines of the law, girl is imprisoned in shelter (8) |
| OUTLINE | Trace the boundary of the playing pitch (7) |
| COURT | In short, the ball is within the playing area (5) |
| SCRABBLE | Crossword-like game in which the playing of all one's seven tiles in a single turn is called a bonus (8) |
| BACKHAND | What's common between the playing styles of Roger Federer, Grigor Dimitrov, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Richard Gasquet? (8) |
| GRIDIRON | The playing field in American football (8) |
| NET | It divides the playing area in badminton or tennis |
| CAUGHT | Deceived by the playing area, we hear (6) |
| PITCH | This may surface the playing area (5) |
| DECKHAND | Seaman asks for all the playing-cards, and some of them! (4-4) |
| DEADBALL | Finished dance when the playing stops (4-4) |
| SPRINKLE | Protecting the playing surface, topless assistants take a turn at dusting |
| STEAMY | Erotic group of people found within the confines of Surrey (6) |
| GROUNDCONTROL | Those in charge of the playing fields? They reported to Major Tom (6,7) |
