| BATRA | Veteran sports administrator Narinder ..., who recently gave up his membership of the International Olympic Committee. (5) |
| SPRITE | Publicity in place for a veteran sports car (6) |
| SAMARANCH | Juan Antonio, Spanish sports administrator who served as president of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2001 (9) |
| ROGGE | Jacques -, late sports administrator; president of the International Olympic Committee from 2001-13 (5) |
| HANS | Brinker who gave up his chance to win the silver skates |
| ESAU | He gave up his birthright, in Genesis |
| LOMAX | Maiden name of the Hollyoaks lady who recently gave birth to daughter Clara (5) |
| KNIGHT | Painter Dame Laura who, in 1936, broke tradition when she became the first woman to be elected to full membership of the Royal Academy (6) |
| NALOHOPKINSON | Jamaican-Canadian speculative fiction author and UBC professor who recently gave a talk at McGill on the value of queer voices in genre fiction. |
| MARA | Actress and partner of Joaquin Phoenix who recently gave birth to their son (6,4) |
| ROONEY | Actress and partner of Joaquin Phoenix who recently gave birth to their son (6,4) |
| PEERAGE | Membership of the House of Lords (7) |
| EXCOMMUNICATE | To remove someone from membership of the Church (13) |
| INSETTLEMENT | As payment for membership of the colony? (2,10) |
| SINEAD | __ O"Connor, Hollyoaks teenager who recently gave birth to a baby girl (6) |
| GEMMA | Coronation Street woman who recently gave birth to quads (5,6) |
| WINTER | Coronation Street woman who recently gave birth to quads (5,6) |
| FAITH | English singer who recently gave birth to her second child (6,5) |
| PALOMA | English singer who recently gave birth to her second child (6,5) |
| SOLOMON | Joe Swash's other half who recently gave birth to their daughter (6,7) |
