| OVERPAR | In golf, having taken more strokes than a good player should take (4,3) |
| AURAE | Lots of strange sensations affecting hearing after two more strokes |
| RUNUP | Golf having been lost, called for low approach shot (3,2) |
| OVERDRAWN | Having taken more money out of a bank account than it contains (9) |
| NUMBER | Figure having taken more painkillers? (6) |
| PAR | Golf: a score for a hole or course a good player should make (6) |
| STARDOM | Has a good player to perform a lot to achieve this? |
| PROTECT | Forced to defend a good player, etc, on time (7) |
| CONCEDE | Admit defeat against a good player, say (7) |
| PITCHER | A baseball player should be able to hold his liquor (7) |
| GASLAMP | Good player's first to bag all the tricks? One light, actually (3,4) |
| ASATEAM | How players should play |
| ONESTEP | Dance all beginners should take at a time (3-4) |
| CABARET | With nothing on, jazz fan should take in that floor show |
| REFEREE | He doesn't book good players (7) |
| EDGE | Advantage a good player has in a poker game* |
| BETTY | Woman who loves nothing more than a good gossip in the Dales (5,8) |
| KAPILDEV | Indian cricketer, the only player to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored 5000 runs in Tests (5,3) |
| SEEDY | On the 4th of July, even a good player can be out of sorts (5) |
| MENTALARITHMETIC | What a darts player should be good at (6,10) |
