| STANDREWS | Ten swards adapted for a golf course (2,7) |
| FAMILYMAN | A film many adapted for a hit web series (6,3) |
| STRANGERS | _ On A Train, Patricia Highsmith novel adapted for a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock (9) |
| SWORDFISH | Wish fords could be adapted for a large swimmer (9) |
| NIETZSCHE | Zen ethics adapted for a German thinker (9) |
| TRELAWNEY | Tree sheltering sward - why, they say, threatened with the chop? (9) |
| SULA | 1973 novel set in "the Bottom," a neighborhood slated to be demolished for a golf course |
| BREWSTERS | --- Millions, 1902 comedic novel by George Barr McCutcheon, adapted for a play and numerous films (9) |
| CLAIBORNE | 1992 thriller novel by Stephen King, adapted for a 1995 film (7,9) |
| EIGHTEEN | Number of holes for a golf course |
| GREENKEEPER | Person caring for a golf course (11) |
| LINKS | Term for a golf course beside the sea (5) |
| PAR | 72, say, for a golf course |
| SOD | Surfacing for a golf course |
| LYNX | One with keen eyes needed for a golf course, we hear (4) |
| ALBATROSS | Three under par for a golf hole (9) |
| LAWN | Word for a glade between woods originally, later a level green or sward of mown grass or of clipped camomile, as described in Mary Wesley's second novel (4) |
| HOLE | An aperture, such as an animal's burrow, a cup in a green for a golf ball, a needle's eye or a potato in a sock (4) |
| INVITETODOBATTLE | Cross swards |
| THROWDOWNTHEGAUNTLET | Cross swards |
