| HOLED | Hit into the cup, as a shot from the fairway |
| APPROACH | In golf, a shot from the fairway designed to reach the putting green (8) |
| RIMMED | Rolled around the lip of the cup, as a golf ball |
| SANK | Put in the cup, as a golf ball |
| MISHAP | Ball hit into the water, say |
| SKYHIGH | Hit into the air, reaching far up, very much so (3-4) |
| SKY | Hit into the air |
| SKIED | Hit into the air |
| HOLEINONE | Golf: a shot from the tee that finishes in the hole (4,2,3) |
| DRIVE | In golf, a shot from the tee (5) |
| TRY | A shot from the sentry (3) |
| POT | A lobster trap; a planter; a pipkin; or, a silver cup as a prize (3) |
| TASSEL | The French left the drinking cup as a hanging ornament (6) |
| COIN | "She dropped a ___ into the cup of a blind man at the gate" |
| PRODUCT | Trod on cup, as a smashed artefact (7) |
| AHOLEINONE | Into the cup after a single shot it drops! So, what's the story, Rory? (1,4,2,3) |
| MAKESTEA | Puts on the kettle, drops a bag into the cup...: 2 wds. |
| ENDS | A cry from the fairway puts a finish to gun sections (4-4) |
| FORE | A cry from the fairway puts a finish to gun sections (4-4) |
| MICKELSON | After 12 straight Ryder Cups as a player, he will be a non-playing assistant captain this time. (9) |
