| SCORED | Tokyo 2021 Earned points in Basketball, Soccer or Field Hockey |
| LEFTBACK | Defender in soccer or field hockey (4,4) |
| ELEVEN | Cricket, soccer or field hockey team |
| FIELDGOALS | They're worth 2 or 3 points in basketball (2 wds.) |
| LAYUP | Easy two points in basketball |
| SKORT | Hybrid component of a golf or field hockey uniform |
| FREETHROWS | They're worth 1 point in basketball (2 wds.) |
| SPORT | Ice hockey, field hockey, or underwater hockey, e.g. |
| SINKAFREETHROW | Score one point, in basketball |
| VOLLEY | From "to fly", a flight of arrows, bullets or other missiles; a flying shot in soccer or tennis; or, a salvo of barks, curses, questions, words or the like (6) |
| WINGER | Attacking player in soccer or hockey |
| NETS | The goals in soccer or hockey (4) |
| GOAL | It's worth a point in a soccer or hockey game |
| QUEK | Sam, English ex-field hockey player who became a captain on Question of Sport in 2021 (4) |
| NETHERLANDS | Country which won the women's field hockey gold at Tokyo 2020. The men's hockey gold was won by Belgium. |
| BULLYOFF | Method of starting play in field hockey: hyph. |
| ICE | What hockey has that field hockey doesn't |
| PENALTYCORNER | Event in field hockey awarded after an offence by the defending team (7,6) |
| ONSIDE | In soccer or rugby being in a position where a player can legally score (6) |
| HANDBALL | Player's cards and pass in soccer or another game (8) |
