| HUMPBACKBRIDGE | Bad mood champion, before game, means to get over |
| PASSPORT | Father's game: means to travel overseas |
| MISMANAGEMENT | Bad handling of game means mint is made from it (13) |
| LUDO | The name of what simple board game means "I play" in Latin? (4) |
| CECOTTO | Venezuelan who became a teenage World Champion before moving to Formula One. (7) |
| ANAND | Vishy ___, World Chess Champion before Carlsen |
| VASADEFERENTIA | Like a champion before new tyre initially breaks through inner tubes |
| FLOYDPATTERSON | Boxer who, at 21, became the youngest world heavyweight champion before Mike Tyson |
| TAL | Youngest world chess champion before Kasparov |
| UNCINI | The last Italian premier class GP World Champion before Rossi. (6) |
| MARCOPOLO | Visitor to China has nothing to pack up before game |
| TABLETENNIS | Olympic champion has pill before game (5,6) |
| ASPHALT | Before game, say, start to prepare pitch |
| WAKENS | Comes to festival before game partners |
| TRANSPORT | Move to prepare I omitted before game |
| PREMATCH | Before game, referring to male in plot |
| BUSTAGUT | Coach, before game with United: 'Time to go all out' (4,1,3) |
| WHIRLPOOL | Women's greeting given to both sides before game - it's revolutionary |
| TYPESET | Prepare to print form before game of tennis (7) |
| WATERLOO | Something to drink before game of bridge in London (8) |
