| STRUGGLES | Tugs of war |
| TWO | Number of teams in a game of tug-of-war |
| ROPE | Length of twisted yarn with uses including abseiling, mountaineering, seafaring, towing, securing tents or tug-of-war; or, a string of pearls (4) |
| SPUROFTHEMOMENT | Impromptu for Spike in the middle of tug-of-war to take article in a jiffy (4,2,3,6) |
| LIGHTERSIDE | Less serious aspect of team unlikely to win tug-of-war |
| TOWEROFSTRENGTH | Support reliable member of tug-of-war team? (5,2,8) |
| PULLBACK | Have a game of tug of war with the sergeants? I had to override the order (4,4) |
| CENTRALEUROPE | Penny has a rule changed for the tug-of-war in the middle of the continent (7,6) |
| PULL | See 11 & 13 Dn. What disjointed members of a tug-of-war team should do! (4,10,8) |
| SOURCANDY | 2009 song by Carly Rae Jepsen which is a part of the album Tug of War and is produced by Josh Ramsay: 2 wds. |
| ANCHOR | One at the end of a tug-of-war team |
| HIGHLAND | - Games; Scottish gatherings traditionally combining bagpipes, kilts, quaichs of whisky and heavy events including caber toss, hammer throw and tug-of-war (8) |
| PULLS | Participates in a game of tug-of-war |
| INNAHA | Pub, a hotel, a site of massive Japanese tug-of-war? (2,4) |
| USA | Winner of all three tug-of-war medals in the 1904 Olympics: Abbr. |
| EIGHT | The number of players traditionally in a tug of war team (5) |
| TOGETHER | What disjointed members of a tug-of-war team should do! (4,10,8) |
| THEMSELVES | What disjointed members of a tug-of-war team should do! (4,10,8) |
| ANCHORMAN | Person at the back of a tug-of-war team (9) |
| PULLONESWEIGHT | Do share of what has to be done in tug-of-war (4,4,6) |
