| FIRSTPRINCIPLES | Basic facts: In the beginning, cricket tournament excluded royalty (5,10) |
| NEEDTOKNOW | Only supplying basic facts in touring week on ... (4-2-4) |
| TIPOFTHEICEBERG | There's a lot more, in fact, in the main car:- female article; gems; and black work unit (3,2,3,7) |
| THOMASGRADGRIND | Believer in just the facts in Hard Times |
| ITALIAN | "...the pride taken by the ___ s in their gifted women is among the most important facts in the history of their Renaissance" -- Walter Shaw Sparrow (7) |
| MEATANDPOTATOES | Basic facts |
| KNOW | Aware of the facts, in the ... |
| PARTSOFKESTEVEN | Roles from Ken Loach film first televised in fact in old division of Lincolnshire (5,2,8) |
| VALDEMAR | "The Facts in the Case of M. --", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe (8) |
| EAPOE | "The Facts in the Case of ___" (Andrew Sinclair novel that pays homage to a mystery writer) |
| KANITKAR | The coach of the winning team in the recently-concluded U-19 World Cup cricket tournament in the West Indies. (8) |
| TAKESIN | Understands fool must accept facts in the end |
| REALIST | Boxer, during break, is one looking facts in the face (7) |
| INDEED | In fact in the act (6) |
| BIRTHDAYPARADOX | Counterintuitive fact in probability theory |
| OBSCURE | Like a fact in the "Trivia" section of IMDb |
| HUNDRED | The ___, ECB cricket tournament which began in 2021 (7) |
| BUCHIBABU | The cricket tournament established in memory of Mothavarapu Venkata Mahipathi Naidu. (5,4) |
| AMAAN | Who led India in the recently-held Under-19 Asia Cup cricket tournament? (5) |
| CATECHUMEN | One taught basic facts on how you catch men in the East |