| SORE | Word with throat or loser |
| CROUP | Trouble with throat or back of a horse |
| GORGE | Word for the throat or throttle, hence for a ravine or valley between hills, narrow like such a gullet (5) |
| GLUG | Word imitative of oil, water, wine etc being poured from a bottle or down one's throat; or, the amount of liquid issued, when said sound is heard (4) |
| BUMP | A jolt or knock to the head or throat, or even the side of an Oxbridge boat (4) |
| SOME | Word before "spot" or "loser" |
| BORN | Word before leader or loser |
| TIES | Games with no winner or loser |
| THRAPPLE | Scottish word for the throat or windpipe (8) |
| HOARSEHORSE | Thoroughbred with throat problems? |
| NECKLET | Embrace the French model with throat-band (7) |
| PELICANS | Birds with throat pouches |
| PELICAN | Water bird with throat pouch for fish |
| CROUPIER | Leisure worker, one with throat condition worsening? |
| THRUSH | Bird with throat trouble? (6) |
| COUGHED | Expelled air etc. from throat or lungs with rough sharp noise (7) |
| CATARRH | A build-up of mucus in an airway or cavity that usually affects the nose, throat or sinuses (7) |
| SWALLOW | An abyss; a throat; or, a migratory fork-tailed bird known collectively as a flight, a flock or a gulp (7) |
| LUMP | A shapeless mass, such as a blob in custard or gravy; a sugar-cube; a swelling; a feeling of tightness in the throat; or, a considerable quantity (4) |
| IMA | It precedes "Believer" or "Loser" |
