| ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | ... for no reason, as the bowler's not in the team (2,3,4,2,1,3) |
| HATSTAND | One may have a number of bowlers not being used (8) |
| WHATSIT | Thingummy's bowlers not without ingenuity (7) |
| SLOW | Are such bowlers not clever? (4) |
| ANTIRATIONALIST | "Reason as a source of knowledge" opp. |
| OUTSIDE | Not in the team back in the pavilion (7) |
| OUTSIDERIGHT | The winger is not in the team. OK? (7,5) |
| PASSTHEHATROUND | Get the bowler circulating to collect cash? (4,3,3,5) |
| PASSROUNDTHEHAT | Sidestep the bowler to take up a collection? (4,5,3,3) |
| ARBITRARY | Made for no apparent reason, as decisions |
| RESERVE | Coolness of manner of one not in the team (7) |
| JOHNMULANEY | Comic who said "I'm like an iPhone, it's going to be worse versions of this every year, plus I get super hot in the middle of the afternoon for no reason." |
| LEFTOVERS | The scraps in the French paper read by the English referring to the bowlers' sessions (9) |
| HATRACKS | Nightcap in the snooker hall for the bowlers? (3,5) |
| PRETEXT | False reason as justification for an action (7) |
| RINGSTRUE | Stands to reason as band throw to the audience (5,4) |
| ABSENT | Not in the team photo |
| GROUNDLESS | Like team always having to play away for no reason? (10) |
| LOITER | Stand in a public place for no reason |
| GAZEBO | Have a look at some of the bowlers in the pavilion (6) |
