| NOCTULE | One bat, Len, out (caught) (7) |
| FLORENCE | Force Len out of an Italian city (8) |
| VAMPIRE | About to follow on, improvise with number one bat |
| LETTEROPENER | Paper knife used by a character, the number one bat (6,6) |
| CARRY | Bat through an innings, ... one's bat (5) |
| OUTLAST | Survive, though not quite carrying one's bat |
| OBTAIN | Get No. 1 bat to play |
| MONAD | One bats at the top and the tail of cricket side |
| INSOMNIAC | Batting very well, one bats without hint of anxiety - one's not out |
| EXTRACT | Get out, caught off a no-ball, perhaps (7) |
| RANDOWN | Tracked and, worn out, caught (3,4) |
| EXCLUDED | Gave out (caught), left in, left out (8) |
| WRETCH | Threw out, caught, is tucked into by poor fellow (6) |
| HEARD | Found out, caught and tried (5) |
| PRECLUDE | Rule out (caught) in the beginning (8) |
| SPLAYS | Separates baseball put-out caught by shortstop (6) |
| SNARED | Anderson dismissing last pair out caught |
| EMERGENCY | Come out, caught in New York calamity (9) |
| COFFEE | For the Yankees, Joe is out - caught before touching bases (6) |
| BURNLEY | One town or another has Len confused (7) |
