| ORVAL | Forgotten sage having run in cricket ground |
| SEAL | Off-duty senior cabinet member seen in toilet in cricket ground, having drunk ale (4,5,4) |
| LORD | Off-duty senior cabinet member seen in toilet in cricket ground, having drunk ale (4,5,4) |
| PRIVY | Off-duty senior cabinet member seen in toilet in cricket ground, having drunk ale (4,5,4) |
| ELECTRA | Play having run in choice amphitheatre, originally (7) |
| OVERHEARD | Caught up, having run in |
| ULTRA | Sons name desert leader of Ottomans, having run in extremist |
| SCEPTRED | Distressed dept. sec. having run in with staff |
| MELTED | Having run in the heat? (6) |
| IRONCURTAIN | Italian leader having run-in with Croat moved political border |
| KERBDRILL | Kelvin, terribly ill-bred, having run in; cross words? (4,5) |
| TRICKLED | Cards taken led to it having run in drops (8) |
| LORDLINESS | Snobbery concerning strokes seen in cricket ground (10) |
| GABBA | Good group in cricket ground (5) |
| LORDSHIP | Status of peer in cricket ground greeting page? |
| LORDCHANCELLORS | Treasury minister in cricket ground with top Government members |
| EDGBASTON | Band get so excited in cricket ground |
| JOVIAL | Cheerful Jamaican's first international in cricket ground (6) |
| OVAL | Eggs left in cricket ground (4) |
| LORIS | Primate, one replacing duke in cricket ground |
