| LOUVINCENT | NZ opener banned for life for spot-fixing (3, 7) |
| SALIMMALIK | Pakistan Test captain banned for life for match fixing in 2000 (5,5) |
| HANSIE | Proteas captain banned for life for match fixing in 2000, ... Cronje (6) |
| INSECT | Pakistan's opener banned from test cricket, say |
| KANERIA | Pakistan spinner banned for life by the ECB for spot fixing, Danish ... (7) |
| AZHARUDDIN | Indian Test captain banned for life in 2000, Mohammed ... (10) |
| CHANDILA | First bowler to take a hat trick for the Royals in the IPL, his career ended when he was banned for spot fixing |
| LOTUSEATER | Isn't such a self-satisfied sofa loafer, or couch potato, planted for life... for the easy life? (5,5) |
| SALMAN | Pakistan captain jailed for spot fixing in 2011, ... Butt (6) |
| THERAINBOW | DH Lawrence novel banned for obscenity in 1915 |
| PROSCRIBED | Banned for plagiarism in second edition |
| ONEMANBAND | Single chap apparently banned for doing everything on his own (3,3,4) |
| DRYCLEANER | A spot for spots |
| CHATTERLEY | Lady -; protagonist in a novel by D. H. Lawrence that was banned for a time (10) |
| KINDEREGGS | These German candies were banned for decades in the U.S. before becoming legal in 2017; the small toy they come with was previously considered a choking hazard |
| DANK | Essendon sport scientist banned for life by the AFL, Stephen ... (4) |
| PETEROSE | Banned-for-life baseball great |
| CLIPPERS | The president of basketball team the Los Angeles ___ was recently fined $2.5m and banned for life from the sport. (8) |
| SENTENCE | This is one for life, for instance (8) |
| BIOPIC | Lust for Life, for example (6) |