| PENALTYAREA | Soccer zone near the goal (7,4) |
| PENALTYBOX | In football, area near the goal (7,3) |
| REDZONE | Gridiron area near the goal line |
| FULLBACK | Defensive player near the goal in football and hockey (8) |
| BAMBOOZLED | Newspaperman on the trail of woody grass zone near lake gets confused (10) |
| CREASE | Zone near a goalie |
| AEROSPACE | A particular asteroid gains speed in zone near Earth |
| PENALTYSPOT | Mark on a football pitch 12 yards (10.97m) from the centre of the goal line (7,4) |
| PENALTYKICK | Footballer's free shot at the goal (7,4) |
| INITTOWINIT | Competing with the goal of victory |
| SCOREPOINTS | Make a slam dunk or cross the goal line, e.g. |
| SHORTCORNER | A hockey penalty shot, taken from a spot on the goal line |
| CENTREBACKS | In football, defenders playing directly in front of the goal (6-5) |
| TIERCEL | Male hawk in zone near enclosure, not large (7) |
| CENTRE | A player in netball allowed to move all over the court except the goal circles; a focal point; the filling in a chocolate; or, the ring around the bull's-eye in archery (6) |
| OWNGOAL | Goal the results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending (3,4) |
| PANENKA | A penalty in football in which the taker deceives the goalkeeper by dinking the ball into the goal's centre (7) |
| JASONMCATEER | Soccer: who scored the goal in Ireland's famous 1-0 win over the Netherlands in 2001? (5,7) |
| TAPIN | In football, a goal scored by simply knocking the ball into the goal from close range (3-2) |
| OWNGOALS | Goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending (3,5) |
