| TRUEBLUE | Time to feel sorry for athlete, a staunch Conservative (4,4) |
| SPRINTER | Small item of office equipment for athlete |
| POOROLDSOUL | How to plod our way to Oslo? One to feel sorry for! (4,3,4) |
| EGRET | Don't start to feel sorry for bird |
| SOFTHEARTED | Inclined to feel sorry for people (4-7) |
| REGRET | The right bird to feel sorry for what one did (6) |
| TEAM | Old word for a brood of animals that is used to mean a set of draught horses working together; a co-operative unit of athletes; a squad; or, a string of flying ducks (4) |
| PITIEDPIPER | Musician to feel sorry for? |
| SHOES | A pair of new ones might take a little time to feel perfectly* comfortable on your feet |
| BELONG | Take a fair bit of time to feel one fits? (6) |
| YULE | Time to feel festive? By the sound of it, you're going to! (4) |
| ROUE | A rake has nothing to feel sorry about |
| PLAYER | Word for an actor, an athlete, a gamer or an instrumentalist (6) |
| BASTION | VIP about to drink wine, a staunch supporter |
| TRUE | Right time to feel regret (4) |
| PEAKPERIOD | We hear it's time to feel resentment on the road? (4,6) |
| RULE | Government to feel sorry about trainee (4) |
| ROMANSEBRLE | Czech athlete, a former world record holder in the decathlon (5,6) |
| OUTRUNNER | Old-fashioned athlete, a carriage attendant once |
| TEASER | Some athlete, a seriously tough one (6) |
