| ESPYS | Oscars of the sporting world |
| GALA | Met ___, aka the Oscars of the East Coast |
| ELLIES | The Oscars of magazine publishing |
| ARENA | Potentially earn a place in the sporting world |
| GROUNDSMAN | In the sporting world, he has a down-to-earth job (10) |
| WAG | Partner of one of the sporting 5? (3) |
| SQUASHRACKETS | Quieten down the noise of the sporting equipment (6,7) |
| TRIATHLON | Ordeal on accepting most of the sporting challenge |
| STADIUM | Must I take notice of the sporting complex? (7) |
| SEASONS | Adds some spice to parts of the sporting calendar (7) |
| OUTSIDE | Like the sporting chance of the dismissed team? (7) |
| KARATE | In the middle of Mikado judge hands out belts to the sporting types (6) |
| ARTICHOKES | Amidst the plot, The Globe's crafty type from institute folds under pressure, in the sporting sense (10) |
| MIDSEASON | Fielder drinking masses of water when the sporting business has been half done (3-6) |
| EVENT | Something in the sporting calendar, the flat on September 4th (5) |
| PLAYED | What the sporting mountaineer who risked all on reaching the peak did? (6,3,4,6) |
| FORHIGHSTAKES | What the sporting mountaineer who risked all on reaching the peak did? (6,3,4,6) |
| NORTHFACE | With "The," sporting-goods company whose logo is a stylized depiction of Half Dome |
| MATCH | At the sporting event, gun components make the grade (5) |
| COLDGAME | A wintry forecast for the sporting fixture puts gundog to the test (4,4) |
