| CUSHIONS | Bumpers on the rails of snooker tables from which the balls rebound; or, the air-filled sections supporting hovercrafts (8) |
| CUSHION | Felt covered rim of a billiard table from which the ball rebounds (7) |
| HOOPS | Bands securing the staves of barrels; or, arches through which the balls are driven in croquet (5) |
| BUBBLE | Since its invention in 1959, it's the air-filled plastic packaging people can't stop popping: ___ wrap |
| TRIVET | Stand used to protect tables from hot dishes |
| NERFBAR | Bumper on a racing car |
| BAULK | In croquet, either of the two lines from which the ball is struck into play (5) |
| SERENE | From the Latin for "clear", a word used to mean fair, pure or unclouded, as of the sky or the air; calm, peaceful and tranquil; or, as part of a royal title, honoured (6) |
| COMEBACKKID | Young player on the rebound ... or, in another way, what each set of circles in this puzzle represen |
| UPIN | Words before "arms" or "the air" |
| RICOCHET | Rebound or a moving stone or bullet (8) |
| CAROM | Cue ball's rebound |
| GAUGE | Distance between the rails of a railway track; the diameter of wire; or, the thickness of sheet metal (5) |
| SLEEPER | One of a series of wooden beam-like structures supporting the rails of a railway track (7) |
| LAZYSUSAN | A revolving tray placed at the centre of a dining table, from which one can help oneself to food (4,5) |
| FINGERBUFFET | Food set out on a table from which diners can help themselves without cutlery (6,6) |
| LEGBEFOREWICKET | Type of cricket dismissal in which the ball hits the batting player's pads in front of the stumps (3,6,6) |
| SHINTY | Scottish game resembling hockey, in which the ball can be played in the air and with either side of the stick |
| 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) |
| OFFCUTTER | Type of delivery bowled in cricket in which the ball, after hitting the pitch, moves into the batsma |
