| ASTRADDLE | A shot without substance, right before stump and across (9) |
| ALLBALL | Rhyming hoops phrase a player uses when arguing they rejected a shot without fouling the shooter |
| HOTEL | Like a shot without saki from inn (5) |
| REGISTRAR | Hospital doctor injecting substance right into bottom (9) |
| BRINGUPSHORT | Raise an electrical fault to stump and stymie (5,2,5) |
| TREE | Word that can precede stump and surgeon |
| ENDLESSLY | Aim at reduced legacy without substance and without stopping (9) |
| HIGHLIGHT | Outstanding point: with substance? without substance? (9) |
| CARDBOARD | Maybe king or queen needs food without substance (9) |
| LEICESTER | Secrets & Lies shot, without constraints of scripts, in English city |
| AIRYFAIRY | Two fabulous creatures heading off without substance (4,5) |
| MOONSHINE | Word for light reflected onto Earth from Luna, the "parish lantern"; hooch or poteen distilled or smuggled at night; appearance without substance; empty talk or nonsense; or, according to Shakespeare, |
| WICKET | Word for a small door in or near a larger one originally, later any gate; a loophole or grill; a box-office window; an arrangement of stumps and bails in cricket; or, a batter's innings (6) |
| SAGA | It's a long story about a thing without substance (4) |
| SILENT | See 18Dn. More than one was shot without a sound (6,4) |
| FILM | More than one was shot without a sound (6,4) |
| ALOEVERA | Plant a leaf over one end inside and across (4,4) |
| NATIONALPORTRAITGALLERY | Collection of clocks from across the country and across the years? |
| SILENCER | Keeps it quiet taking someone out for a few shots without making a racket (8) |
| NOTHING | Failure to provide a reedy coat's entirely without substance (7) |
