| UNDERDOG | This competitor may be less than good after party (8) |
| FORTHEHIGHJUMP | Athletics competitor may be entered thus, expecting terrible punishment (3,3,4,4) |
| DOG | Setter, perhaps, is good after party |
| ICESKATING | Sport in which competitors may be ranked based on figures? (3-7) |
| RODEO | Its competitors may be thrown |
| HIGHJUMP | Field event in athletics in which competitors may perform the Fosbury flop (4,4) |
| RUBDOWNS | Problem clues like this will be good after exercise (3-5) |
| BESTBUDS | More than good friends, colloquially |
| EVENSONG | Service odds good after performing? (8) |
| EGGTIMER | For example, pay good after a raise for chef's assistant (3,5) |
| ELIAS | Nominally he may be less than pleasing (5) |
| PEERS | Lords, when drunk, may be less than presentable (5) |
| MINUS | That which diminishes may be less than amusing (5) |
| THREE | There may be less than four |
| UNDERGO | Experience that's less than good, being half-cut (7) |
| GOO | It's soft, stick and less than good |
| GOD | Immortal, and nothing less than good |
| SWORDS | What may be less effective than pens in crossword-solving? |
| SLOWEST | This competitor is running in the race after all (7) |
| RIVAL | Confusing this competitor with it, could be trivial (5) |
