| YORKER | A wicket-taking delivery (6) |
| MIDDLEENGLISH | Say Kentish wicket taking spin for American? (6,7) |
| KELVIN | Man taking delivery of large base unit |
| ASHWIN | After South African Bert Vogler in 1907, the first spinner to take a wicket off the first ball of a Test innings. (6) |
| SEESAW | Notices a wicket in children's recreation (6) |
| CREASE | Stop to protect right part of a wicket (6) |
| MALAWI | A wicket taken in one African state or another (6) |
| STUMPS | In cricket, the three upright sticks on which the bails are laid to form a wicket (6) |
| FLAWED | Fled without a wicket when first impaired |
| BAIL | A bucket for ladling water from a boat; a partition in a stable; a bar on a typewriter; a hoop; a semicircular handle; a crosspiece bridging a wicket's stumps; or, a temporary release from custody (4) |
| RECEIVER | One taking delivery of a telephone part (8) |
| GATE | Northern dialect for a path, street or way; a wicket or other hinged barrier in a fence, hedge or wall; a portal; a hole or aperture, such as the eye of a needle; or, a mountain pass (4) |
| EGGHEAD | Intellectual English boss taking delivery of goods |
| RECIPIENT | One taking delivery |
| BOROUGH | Town branch taking delivery of precious commodity (7) |
| BUTT | Starts backing up the truck taking delivery of wine (4) |
| MINCE | Store taking delivery of cold meat in small portions (5) |
| SAWDUST | Plastic studs that grip a wicket (some help for a bowler in a rain-affected match) (7) |
| NIGHTWATCHMAN | In cricket, a batsman sent in when a wicket has fallen near the end of a day's play (5,8) |
| OVERSAW | Managed at least 12 balls, taking a wicket (7) |
