| BROWNBEAR | Animal, note, caught in sport by little brother |
| SHREWD | Mouse-like animal, note, is keen (6) |
| GENEDOPING | Misuse of therapy believed to be hypothetical, but banned in sport by the World Anti-Doping Agency in 2003 |
| WILDFOWLS | Reported angry misconduct in sport by various birds. (9) |
| BOBBERY | Rumpus formerly tends to be by little brother (7) |
| BIRO | Pen, one held by little brother |
| STEVEDORE | First offender, note, caught by shop worker (9) |
| WELLRESPECTED | Much admired writer penning note caught occupying favourite journalist (4,9) |
| LOG | In a weird show of work/life balance, a lumberjack makes sport by standing on and rolling a ___ until his rival falls in the river |
| PEPLUM | Sport, by choice, ancient Greek attire (6) |
| RUINATION | Destruction of sport by one country (9). |
| JETSKI | Fly to winter sport by water vehicle (3,3) |
| WEARY | Sport by yard makes one tired (5) |
| OLGAKORBUT | Gymnastics was given a new lease of life as a sport by which gymnast at the 1972 Olympics? (4,6) |
| PROTESTATIONS | Avowals eat into sports by mistake (13) |
| THROMBI | I went to visit my little brother in the hospital in 5 7 Monmouth last night -- he's had an operation to remove blood clots (7) |
| RERUN | Linus's little brother, in "Peanuts" |
| BREVE | Little brother to first lady produces note (5) |
| BREACH | Little brother, one of two, put in a hole (6) |
| EMBROIL | Involve little brother in climbing tree (7) |
