| ROWINGCLUB | Sportspeople fight in front of nightspot (6,4) |
| TRIVET | Stand in rear of nightspot, then bolt (6) |
| TOSSANDTURN | Sadly no stardust at opening of nightspot -move uneasily (4,3,4) |
| BARBARIC | Savage in charge of a couple of nightspots (8) |
| STARCATALOGUE | List of nightspots, say, representing total car usage |
| BATTLEMENT | Fight in front of people at the opening, requires some form of defence? |
| PENALTYBOX | Fine fight in front of the goal (7,3) |
| COCKPIT | Scene of ugly fight in front of plane (7) |
| PROW | Pirate's first fight in front of ship (4) |
| WARDER | Embarrassed about fight in front of prison guard (6) |
| GUMSHIELDS | Pieces used by boxers and other sportspeople for guarding the interior of their mouths (10) |
| TENNISBALL | Ban lentils? Bizarrely, some sportspeople need this (6,4) |
| FREEDIVERS | Extreme underwater sportspeople (4,6) |
| BATSAROUND | Discusses sportspeople on a circuit (4,6) |
| ICESKATERS | Asks to recite over and over for winter sportspeople (3,7) |
| BICYCLISTS | Sportspeople confused by ICC schedules (10) |
| THAIBOXING | What's it locally about bank? It's got nothing that's wrong for martial arts sportspeople! (4,6) |
| GREECE | Country whose sportspeople always take first place in the parade at the opening ceremony of every Olympics |
| SKIERS | Winter sportspeople should be caught in the field (6) |
| ATHLETES | Sportspeople allowed out in heats? (8) |
