| TOOTED | The flute player did so also, Edward |
| RIDDLER | Comic book supervillain, also "Edward Nygma" |
| OBSIDES | Lit. hostages, therefore also, sureties, pledges |
| SOBERSIDES | I'm po-faced, therefore also smothering humour, ultimately |
| FUTILE | "As a flute-player", I put in, "is useless" (6) |
| POTTED | What snooker player did, in encapsulated form? (6) |
| AUSTIN | Bunny ---, the last British person to reach the Wimbledon men's singles final until Andy Murray did so in 2012 (6) |
| TOOTER | Horn or flute player, maybe |
| TOOTLE | Also let loose to play the flute (6) |
| GALWAY | Irish note, ever poetical, played on the flute (6) |
| INAROW | Running, I did so backwards - ouch! (2,1,3) |
| GAGGED | A comedian who did so badly should be |
| ATHENA | Inventor of the flute, per Greek myth |
| BUNNYAUSTIN | The last Briton to reach the final of the men's singles at Wimbledon until Andy Murray did so in 2012 (5,6) |
| LEFTFIELD | What the dismissed baseball player did that's out of the ordinary? (4-5) |
| PHIL | Irish flute player in the RPO? |
| BOUNCEDCHECKS | What the basketball player did |
| BACKHANDED | What the tennis player did for a compliment of sorts (10) |
| AFFECTED | Influenced what the player did around very loud final game (8) |
| RAN | The losers also did so (3) |
