| ALLUP | "It's ___ to Jones..." (ninth inning, two out line from a commentator) |
| ONEOUT | Status early in a baseball inning: 2 wds. |
| BENAUD | Richie ___, Australia's Test captain from 1958 to 1964 who later became a commentator |
| PINGPONGBALL | In 1994, Wyoming Gov. Mike Sullivan broke a 1,941 to 1,941 state house election deadlock by drawing this, from a pair of two, out of a cowboy hat |
| IANSMITH | Cricketer who played for New Zealand from 1980 to 1992 and was a commentator on Sky Sport until 2023 (3,5) |
| ARMCHAIR | Removed from the actual action, as with a commentator |
| AJIT | ____ Agarkar, a former Indian cricketer and a commentator |
| EYEOPENER | For a commentator, indeed batsman is a revelation |
| RICHIE | Australian cricketer ____ Benaud had a long career as a commentator in the UK |
| MELTDOWN | Catastrophe for officer, partner to Jones, among other ranks? (8) |
| INDIGO | Tropical plant daughter introduced to Jones the architect |
| RECAST | Get someone else to play record from academy to first two out of the Stones (6) |
| OBAMA | "I would have voted for ___ for a third term if I could" ("Get Out" line) |
| ACROSTIC | Ric Ascot maybe spells out line by line (8) |
| AXEL | Jump over ice to cast out line (4) |
| FOX | Network that has John Madden as a commentator |
| DANAPERINO | George W. Bush press secretary who became a commentator on Fox News: 2 wds. |
| ANDREWCASTLE | Former UK number one male tennis player, now a commentator (6,6) |
| ESIASON | Quarterback who was a commentator on "Monday Night Football" |
| PUN | "An everyday spud is a commentator," e.g. |
