| VOLLEY | ___ball, played with teams of six indoors or in pairs in the sand. |
| SETH | ___ Ball, played young Jack Sugden in Emmerdale (4) |
| SLINKY | It "walks down stairs, alone or in pairs " |
| POOL | It can be indoors or outdoors |
| CLOTHESPIN | Washday item that may be used indoors or outdoors |
| LACROSSE | Game played with netted sticks with teams of 10 men or 12 women (8) |
| OPPOSITES | Antonyms, like the pairs in the answers to out with it, headbutt, historical novel and cold open |
| CHOPSTICKS | From Chinese dialect for "nimble ones", elongated bamboo or wood eating utensils, held in pairs in one hand; or, a simple waltz for piano (10) |
| XCHROMOSOME | Gene-transmitting unit in pairs in diploid cells of females (1,10) |
| RIB | One of the 12 pairs in the body (3) |
| LONERS | Single sorts, and the letters dropped from pairs in the theme answers |
| ICEHOCKEY | Winter sport played with a puck and teams of six players (3,6) |
| RUGBY | Game with teams of 15, 13 or 7 (5) |
| OXYGEN | Found in pairs in water (6) |
| SKATE | Small shrew seen in pairs in 17Dn (5) |
| NETBALL | Sport with teams of seven players (7) |
| DRONESOCCER | Sport with teams of quadcopters |
| RELAY | Track event with teams of runners |
| DOUBLES | Tennis competition with teams of two players |
| ONES | Pairs in the four longest answers |
