| NETBALL | The Dame Lois Muir Supreme Award goes to the top player in which sport? (7) |
| CUPBOARD | Press award goes to The Panel (8) |
| SEED | One of the top players in a tournament |
| WING | A rugby player in which position wears number 11 or 14? (4) |
| MONOPOLY | Real-estate board game for two to eight players, in which each player's goal is to remain financially solvent while forcing opponents into bankruptcy. (8) |
| CRIBBAGE | A game of cards, usually for two players, in which each player receives six cards (8) |
| DRAUGHTS | A board game for two players in which the rule of huffing can be used (8) |
| SNOOKER | Joe Davis won every world championship from 1927 to 1946 in which sport? (7) |
| ARCHERY | A shot to the centre of the target in which sport is always called a gold? (7) |
| REPROOF | The traveller goes to the top of the house for a telling-off (7) |
| CURLING | In which sport do you see players feverishly brushing the ice surface? (7) |
| FENCING | Foil, epee, and sabre are terms related to which sport? (7) |
| SURFING | Tom Blake was an American athlete known for reinventing which sport? (7) |
| ACETATE | Ester is a top player in front of the gallery (7) |
| TURNSUP | Makes an appearance and goes to the top (5,2) |
| RAEBURN | Stove, we hear, for Anna, agony aunt who co-wrote the Dame Maureen Lipman TV series Agony (7) |
| ASHAMED | The dame has become remorseful (7) |
| SPEEDWAY | The Coventry Bees and the Poole Pirates are teams in which sport? (8) |
| ALLSTAR | Consisting of the top players |
| HOCKEY | India and Pakistan won every Olympic tournament from 1928 to 1968 in which sport? (6) |
