| STROKE | A hit with the bat (6) |
| EXTRA | In cricket, what is a run scored other than from a hit with the bat? (5) |
| GLANCE | A cricket stroke with the bat's face turned slantwise to deflect the ball slightly (6) |
| MISSES | Fails to make a hit with the young ladies? (6) |
| HITHER | Where to come when you make a hit with the girl (6) |
| SCORER | Mozart? He was a hit with the ladies! |
| THEJAM | Punk band that had a hit with The Eton Rifles in 1979 (3,3) |
| ZAK | This opening batter from England had a relatively poor series with the bat in the first three Tests of the ongoing series versus India. (3) |
| TOPEDGE | Georgia drank heavily to start with and produced a miscue with the bat (3,4) |
| DROVE | What one will do when at the wheel is a stroke with the bat (5) |
| DRIVE | What one will do when at the wheel is a stroke with the bat (5) |
| CUT | In cricket, a stroke made with the bat in a roughly horizontal position (3) |
| EXTRAS | Cricket runs not scored with the bat (6) |
| CRICKETBALL | Essential for an Ashes series or a backyard match, together with the bat, stumps and bails (7,4) |
| STRAUSS | Cricketer, who found acclaim with The Bat (7) |
| PAIR | Poor performance with the bat? I put in standard performance |
| ASTRUDGILBERTO | Brazilian singer who, with Stan Getz, had a hit with 'The Girl from Ipanema' in 1964 (6,8) |
| TELLTHETRUTH | Be honest - elevated accommodation left to most of them on square and American babe with the bat? (4,3,5) |
| BELLS | They may hang up there with the bats (5) |
| ALED | Ex-choirboy who had a hit with the 1982 song Walking in the Air, ---- Jones (4) |
