| DROPSHOT | A stroke in tennis in which the ball falls close to the net immediately after clearing it (4,4) |
| FOREHAND | A stroke in tennis that is opposite to a backhand (8) |
| PICKLEBALL | A game resembling tennis in which players use short-handled bats to hit a ball over the net (10) |
| DROPSHOTS | Do strops upset Henry, like delicate returns close to the net (4,5) |
| FOUL | Duck when the ball falls oddly (4) |
| TEAL | Duck when the ball falls oddly (4) |
| NIGHTWATCHMAN | Tail-ender sent in to bat when a wicket falls close to the end of a day's play |
| COFFER | Chest, or one clearing it we hear (6) |
| GARBAGE | Shirley's mob have spent years clearing it up (7) |
| MULLIGAN | A stroke in golf allowed to be played from the same spot as a preceding stroke that went wrong (8) |
| APPROACH | ____ shot, stroke played by a tennis player when advancing to the net (8) |
| SLAMDUNK | Basketball shot in which the ball is forced through the hoop from above (4,4) |
| GLIDE | In cricket, a stroke in which the ball is deflected off the bat to the leg side; a glance (5) |
| BACKHAND | Second employee to have a stroke, in court |
| LACROSSE | Sport in which the ball is "cradled" |
| VENUS | First name of the First African American woman to be ranked No. 1 in tennis in the Open Era. (5) |
| OFFCUTTER | Type of delivery bowled in cricket in which the ball, after hitting the pitch, moves into the batsma |
| CATCHAFISH | You'd need access to The Net to do this, as it can be a problem and a bit of a cod (5,1,4) |
| SWEEP | In cricket, a shot in which the ball is hit more or less square on the leg side from a half-kneeling position (5) |
| CANNON | In snooker and billiards, a stroke in which the cue ball strikes two object balls successively (6) |
