| MARTIALARTS | Combative sports such as karate (7,4) |
| MARTIALART | Any of various systems of self-defence such as karate (7,3) |
| MARTIAL | Combative sports, ... arts |
| FANDANGO | Dance enthusiast and someone good at combative sports suit each other (8) |
| EQUESTRIANS | Athletes who compete in sports such as dressage or showjumping (11) |
| IPPON | Winning point scored in martial sports such as judo, karate and kendo; Japanese, 'one point' (5) |
| AQUATIC | Word describing eimer a sport such as swimming paddle-boarding or scuba diving or a hydrophyte plant growing in or near water such as arrowhead, duckweed, rush or yellow flag (7) |
| BALLGAMES | How Al gambles in sports such as these (4,5) |
| REFS | Officials in sports such as football and basketball (4) |
| STAMINA | Physical or mental quality important when competing in endurance sports such as ultramarathon, cross |
| CLUB | Pony -; organisation for children and young people who enjoy rallies, camps and equestrian sports such as tetrathlon, mounted games or dressage (4) |
| TIMEOUTS | Interruptions in play in sports such as ice hockey (4-4) |
| PISTE | Marked track of compacted snow used in mountain sports such as skiing (5) |
| LINEJUDGE | An official in sports such as tennis, who assists the referee or umpire by observing whether a ball has gone out of play (4,5) |
| KNOCKOUT | A fight-ending and winning feat in combat sports such as boxing (8) |
| TOPDOG | Perform a dangerous trick in sports such as skiing, surfing or skateboarding (3,3) |
| BALLGAME | Sport such as rugby or soccer (8) |
| RACING | Speed sport such as F1 (6) |
| TENNIS | Racket sport such as lawn ...... (6) |
| SWEETSPOT | Point on a tennis racket that produces the best bounce with minimal effort; or, a form of training in an endurance sport such as cycling (5,4) |
