| TAU | Team up, selecting the odd foreign character |
| CEDING | Giving up selecting the best players, we hear |
| FOREARMING | Slightly odd foreign parts to entertain a fighting force preparing in advance (10) |
| CHOICE | Word for the act/power of electing, hand-picking, opting or selecting; the thing decided on; or, the best or preferable part, aka the plum (6) |
| ASONG | The competition selecting the British entry for the Eurovision contest was called ... For Europe (1, |
| CASTINGDIRECTOR | One of those selecting the players is fishing for a job on the board (7,8) |
| ERNIE | Name of the electronic machine selecting the winning numbers of premium bonds (5) |
| CHERRYPICKING | Selecting the best red, before 23 (6-7) |
| CHERRYPICKER | One selecting the best crane |
| ERA | Statistic sometimes considered when selecting the Cy Young Award winner: Abbr. |
| PANPIPE | Give it a blow when selecting the 'pine' app (7) |
| ADDTOQUEUE | Spotify option for selecting the next song |
| THEFIRSTOFAPRIL | A time for selecting the butt of jokes (3,5,2,5) |
| JOINISSUE | Team up with the children and take part in the controversy |
| JOINFORCES | Team up ... or, literally, what the last words of the answers to starred clues can do |
| COMBE | Moving in/out of team up the valley (5) |
| COMBINEFORCES | Team up on the farm? |
| BIXA | Dye producers team up, turning article black on the outside |
| EVENTUALLY | Happening to team up after university in the end |
| EXTERNALLY | Old bird to team up on the outside (10) |
