| BARCELONA | On balance (or not), coming second in Spain (9) |
| SIDESWIPE | One way to run into team then coming second on clean surface (9) |
| RUNNINGUP | Coming second when mountaineering in haste (7,2) |
| RUNNERSUP | Those coming second gave underground stem drink (7-2) |
| RESTAGING | Opposed to golf, on balance, being arranged again (9) |
| REMAINDER | Stay with German article, on balance |
| LOSING | Coming second in slog, unfortunately |
| DUEL | Coming second in Olympic contest (4) |
| GECKO | Cold-blooded climber close to coming second in commentary? (5) |
| SLATTERN | Negligent woman coming second in extremities |
| FIN | In ichthyology, a fish's caudal, dorsal or pectoral organ for balance or swimming (3) |
| SYMMETRY | Quality of balance or proportion represented in Vitruvian Man (8) |
| CREDIT | Believe in a positive bank balance or a direct reconstruction (6) |
| EXPONENT | Opponents in French version of bridge coming second to former champion (8) |
| ODDS | Starting prices on old donkey derbies, initially, coming second (4) |
| BETA | Had a wager on a Greek character coming second (4) |
| RUNRINGSROUND | Get the better of on race circuit, coming second it's estimated |
| POISE | From "weight", a word for balance or equilibrium that came to mean composure or elegant deportment (5) |
| TRIAL | Kind of balance or balloon |
| UPSET | Disturb the balance or stability of (5) |
