| TOUCHLINE | Clumsily cut hole in the edge of the pitch (9) |
| BOX | - - - kick, scrum-half specialty often delivered near the edge of the pitch (3) |
| CORNERKICK | Soccer shot from the edge of the pitch |
| CRIMP | A kink/wave in hair or wool fibres; a pinch in the edge of a pie's pastry crust; or, a connector for a length of beading thread, cable or wire (5) |
| SIENNA | Woman one's reviewed in The Edge of Love (6) |
| HAIRLINE | Hotel company for travellers in the edge of Barnet (8) |
| CHIPBOARD | Fruit found by animal in the edges of cultivated wood (9) |
| BALSAWOOD | Cut holes in plain material for models (9) |
| GOALMOUTH | Detailed how maul got out of control in one part of the pitch (9) |
| SCALLOPS | Fanned mollusc shells emblematic of St James the Great and pilgrims; or, ornamental curves cut in the edges of cloth or worked in knitting in imitation of thus (8) |
| LAKEICE | Formation that fishermen cut holes in |
| GASPS | Primarily stupid to cut holes in pants |
| ABUTMENT | Provides support at The Bridge for the brassy player backing up the lads in the middle of the pitch (8) |
| OVER | In cricket, a sequence of six balls bowled from one end of the pitch; or, the division of play during this (4) |
| CENTRECIRCLE | Has all the shops to ring in the middle of the pitch (6,6) |
| HELM | In the edge, fifty will give a boat direction (4) |
| FOURTH | ____ official, one in football who assists the referee from the side of the pitch (6) |
| HATSTAND | Holds the night cap perhaps for bowler at the side of the pitch (7) |
| SHOD | Booted a bit of the pitch over the top of Hillsborough (4) |
| OUTLINE | Give a sketchy idea of the boundary of the pitch (7) |
