| INTERVAL | Meaning "space between ramparts", a break between acts of a play or sessions in cricket; or, the distance in pitch of notes (8) |
| AREA | Originally meaning "space allocated for a specific purpose", a word for the extent/measurement of a surface or piece of land; a field of study; or, a geographical region (4) |
| NETS | Practice sessions in cricket (4) |
| OVER | Bowling session in cricket |
| INTERLUDE | Break between acts of a play etc. (9) |
| RUN | Word for a gallop or jog that also means an upstream migration of salmon, a roulade, an enclosure for chickens, a score of one in cricket or a sequence of cards in one suit (3) |
| WICKET | Word for a small door in or near a larger one originally, later any gate; a loophole or grill; a box-office window; an arrangement of stumps and bails in cricket; or, a batter's innings (6) |
| SCENE | Subdivision of an act of a play; or, a sequence of action in a film made up of a series of shots (5) |
| DOLLY | Child's word for a moppet or a puppet; a posser for stirring laundry in a washtub; an easy catch in cricket; or, a wheeled cart for a film camera (5) |
| BYE | A side issue/incidental matter; a free pass to a tournament's next round by virtue of having no opponent; a type of extra in cricket; or, an informal way of saying "farewell, toodle-pip" (3) |
| ENTRACTE | A diversion, generally musical, between acts of a play (8) |
| INTERMEZZO | Short piece of instrumental music performed between acts of a play (10) |
| CREEPER | A bird that runs or spirals up and down tree trunks; a daisy-cutter in cricket; or, a vine such as the clematis, periwinkle or woodbine |
| BATTER | A striker in cricket; or, a damaged piece of type in a forme (6) |
| PAIR | Two playing cards of the same designation in a poker hand; another word for "spectacles" in cricket; or, a boat for two sweep rowers (4) |
| SPELLS | Magic formulae; consecutive overs with the same bowler in cricket; or, short periods of cold/dry weather (6) |
| SINGLE | A hit for one run in cricket; or, a one-way ticket (6) |
| TON | Hundred in cricket or a unit of weight |
| SUPPLYDAYS | Formerly UK parliamentary sessions in which the opposition could propose spending measures (6,4) |
| TOOKTEN | Had a break between 32- |
