| SORELOSERS | They might leave the game in a huff |
| RAGEQUIT | Leave an online game in a huff |
| ALI | Longtime USWNT teammate of 1-Across for whom the same game was the last of her career; they hugged on-field after 1-Across got injured and had to leave the game |
| DOMINOES | Moodiness, sadly, when one son leaves the game (8) |
| PUBCRAWLS | Local creeps -- they might leave you under the table (3-6) |
| ERDOCS | They might leave you in stitches, for short |
| YENS | They might leave you nagging |
| ANTED | Got in the game, in a way |
| ANTE | Get in the game, in a way |
| ANTEUP | Get in the game, in a way |
| CALLTIME | Stop the game, in a way |
| CLEANSWEEP | Winning all the games in a series |
| SWEEP | Win all the games in a series |
| SWEPT | Won all the games in a series |
| FINAL | The last in a series of something such as acts in a play, exams in a curriculum, letters in a word or games in a tournament; or, the concluding pitch of a modal melody in music (5) |
| CHAHAL | Player who took 4 for 28 in a low-scoring thriller against KKR in the last match, turning the game in his team's favour.(Last Name) (6) |
| ETCH | The problem involving college - it might leave the wrong impression? (4) |
| WEARILY | How one might leave the office late on a Friday |
| POSE | Posture assumed in order to be painted or photographed; any of the various yogic asanas; or, the right to begin the game in dominoes (4) |
| OMAN | Which country overlooking the mouth of the Persian Gulf just participated in its 11th consecutive summer Olympics since making its debut in the Games in 1984? (4) |
