| ROCKETSCIENTIST | Clever chap in test cricket, so versatile |
| MOMENT | Flash chaps in test of vehicle |
| GASEOUS | Usage so versatile, like some elements (7) |
| MOUSSES | Ms Sue, so versatile, produces whipped desserts (7) |
| ALLROUND | Wheels are so versatile |
| SUMACH | Clever chap, to hide in so great a tree |
| TICE | A ball bowled in cricket so that it pitches immediately under the bat |
| SLEDGE | To make teasing remarks to a batter in cricket so as to disturb their concentration (6) |
| SEAMBOWLING | Throwing a ball in cricket so that it changes course as it bounces (4,7) |
| NATHAN | Former New Zealand batsman who scored the fastest double century in Test cricket against England in Christchurch in 2002 |
| ASTLE | Former New Zealand batsman who scored the fastest double century in Test cricket against England in Christchurch in 2002 |
| EINSTEIN | Clever chap finding last of ale in mug |
| MAGENTA | Clever chap catching spy in battle |
| OLDSPORT | Gatsby-esque endearing address: and, like cricket, so very English! (3,5) |
| BOTHAM | Ian ---, former England Test team captain who scored 5,200 runs and took 383 wickets in Test cricket (6) |
| DRAVID | Rahul ---, former Indian cricket captain, the fourthhighest run scorer in Test cricket (6) |
| BENAUD | In 1963, Richie ____ became the first player to reach 200 wickets and 2,000 runs in Test cricket |
| EDJOYCE | Scorer of the first run for Ireland in Test cricket as he became the oldest Test debutant this century |
| CENTURY | Charles Bannerman scored the first one in Test cricket history in 1877 (7) |
| EDENGARDEN | Venue of the epic 2001 Kolkata Test victory against Australia, considered one of the greatest comebacks in Test cricket history. (10) |
