| DERBYDAY | Occasion for annual flat race or match between local teams (5,3) |
| CONTEST | Competition or match between teams or individuals (7) |
| GAMINGCONTRACT | Wager on, eg, a race or match |
| DONKEYDERBY | Put on important match between local teams, event at rural fete? |
| GLORIOUS | - Goodwood; annual flat-race meeting hosted on land owned by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon (8) |
| DERBY | Match between local teams |
| THEDERBY | Annual flat horse race (3,5) |
| RESIDENT | Local team score at either end (8) |
| REGIONAL | Somewhere between local and national |
| PAMPLONA | Spanish city renowned for annual bull run |
| BIRTHDAY | Labour's result is cause for annual celebration (8) |
| YEARBOOK | Baker whipped up a couple of eggs and some yeast for annual (8) |
| PROMOTED | Put up for annual test, Megane passed finally (8) |
| WILDCARD | An athlete such as a tennis player allowed to compete in a game or match despite being unqualified (4,4) |
| NEARSIDE | Left local team (8) |
| SIDEKICK | Quit local team before associate (8) |
| OAKS | Annual flat race run at Epsom for three-year-old fillies (4) |
| AYRGOLDCUP | Annual flat race that takes place in Scotland in September, originally run at Belleisle in 1804 |
| WHITEWASH | Word for a glass of sherry after claret, port or other wine; wall paint synonymous with a cover-up, deception or glossing over; or, a total defeat or thrash in a game or match (9) |
| BOUT | A stint of strenuous exercise or overindulgence, for example; a contest or match in boxing, fencing or wrestling; a curve in the side of a violin; or, an attack of illness, such as flu (4) |
