| LAYASIDE | Amateur team, including a reserve |
| SETASIDE | Some tennis team -- including a reserve! (3,5) |
| ELEVATE | Put up most of the cricket team, including a first timer (7) |
| AMENDMENT | Leaders of army drill team including soldiers twice, for a change |
| FIELDEVENTS | Team including daughter in matches or some athletics |
| SIDLE | Team including student - creep |
| XMEN | Superhero team including Wolverine |
| PROXIMATE | Very close friend supports non-amateur team |
| AXIOM | An accepted truth that amateur team receives award (5) |
| EXHILARATE | Thrill when English team, including Hammond initially, takes 3rd and then 2nd in rally at speed ... |
| AVENGERS | Superhero team including Thor, Hulk, Captain America, Black Widow and Iron Man (8) |
| NETBALL | Seven-a-side game/sport first played in the UK in 1895, today with national teams including the Rose |
| JESSEOROSCO | He pitched in a record 1 252 games for nine teams including the Mets from 1979 to 2003: 2 wds. |
| PETRNEDVED | Once wed to a supermodel, he played for seven NHL teams, including the Oil and Pens |
| NBA | Org. with 30 teams, including the Charlotte Hornets (abbr.) |
| LAYSIEGETO | Persistently harass amateur team lacking depth, win nothing (3,5,2) |
| AXIS | Amateur teams form league (4) |
| RECLEAGUE | Group of local amateur teams |
| SUB | Short word for an advance or loan; a hoagie sandwich; a copy-editor; a metro or an underground; a reserve player; or, an "unterseeboot" (3) |
| MIKESTANTON | He pitched in 1 178 games for eight teams including the Braves from 1989 to 2007: 2 wds. |
