| SOFTPLAYSOMEONE | Take it easy on another player (perhaps a friend)* |
| CREST | A hundred take it easy on the ridge (5) |
| COASTER | Take it easy on the Queen's vessel (7) |
| EVEREST | First, woman, take it easy on highest peak (7) |
| DRIVESAFELY | "Take it easy on the roads!" |
| STEADY | Take it easy on an even keel |
| MOO | "Take it easy on the udder, will ya?!" |
| REST | Take it easy on street (4) |
| FLICKON | In sport, a manoeuvre in which a player receives an incoming pass and moves it on quickly with a gentle header or kick to another player (5-2) |
| TIPTOE | Piece of advice from couple of reports from Spain - take it easy on foot (6) |
| DRIVEWITHCARE | Motivation for comedian to reach out to offer advice to take it easy on road tour (5,4,4) |
| TACKLED | Having gone on from side to side on left, intercepted another player (7) |
| SCISSORS | A pass executed on the run in rugby to another player who is crossing one's path (8) |
| NUTMEG | Technique in football in which a player passes the ball between another player's legs (6) |
| TALK | It's rude to do while another player is putting |
| LUIS | ___ Suarez, player suspended during the 2014 World Cup for biting another player |
| FEED | Eat; pass (a ball) to another player |
| REACHIN | Try to steal a basketball from another player, e.g. |
| TALKSTRASH | Gets in another player's head, perhaps |
| POSTERIZE | Embarrass someone in the NBA, usually by dunking over another player |
