| SQUASHCOURT | So curt about crushing defeat in sporting venue (6,5) |
| ALFLANDON | Sufferer of a crushing defeat in 1936 |
| ASTRODOME | A second book about staff in sporting venue |
| LORIS | Primate in sporting venue, one standing in for duke |
| ARSENAL | Team that's second in sporting venue by lake (7) |
| PLAYINGFIELD | Spreading one's interest in sporting venue (7,5) |
| WIMBLEDON | New idol confused with doctor in sporting venue (9) |
| RACETRACK | Compete with dog in sporting venue (9) |
| BOWLINGGREEN | See beginner glow excitedly in sporting venue (7,5) |
| GROUND | Good set of drinks in sporting venue (6) |
| CENTRECOURT | Sporting venue: ecstatic, we hear, about to try to win |
| MARKETRASEN | Tar with arm and knees dislocated at sporting venue (6,5) |
| TENNISCOURT | Sporting venue, clay, hard or grass (6,5) |
| BRANDSHATCH | Sporting venue - nearest railway station is Eynsford (6,5) |
| TRENTBRIDGE | Time to hire connection to sporting venue (5,6) |
| COUNTRYCLUB | Rural sporting venue run by occult eccentric (7,4) |
| RUSTIC | Is curt about being in the country |
| RUDE | Regretted sounding so curt here? |
| LECTURE | That Lee! So curt when delivering one! (7) |
| CUSTOMER | Who's always right finds me so curt, sadly |