| ONSLAUGHT | Attack batting side by sledging -when Border's gone, by anything (9) |
| LETHARGIC | Slow to allow attack, borders gone, I see (9) |
| EAT | With borders gone, Meath is worry (3) |
| ESPOUSAL | Assumption that when borders cease to exist, despot must fall (8) |
| PRIMP | Border gone over by very soft brush? |
| POTOROO | Animal spots more food when borders are cleared |
| HUTU | African people incarcerated when borders removed (4) |
| TRIATHLON | Race trial involving most of the batting side (9) |
| INSWINGER | Batting side's first man playing wide ball approaching stumps (9) |
| THINONTOP | Balding spinner going after most of the batting side in cricket (4,2,3) |
| AUSTRALIA | Country where sledging originated? (9) |
| STING | The aculeus of an ant, bee, hornet, wasp etc; or, the hurt inflicted by such a tang, or indeed by anything else (5) |
| TRIPOD | Stumble onward, gutted by anything on three legs (6) |
| TWO | Couple who'd be upset by anything vulgar |
| PRUDE | One who is easily shocked by anything sex related |
| CALVINCOOLIDGE | "I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say" |
| COLE | What name was shared by Anything Goes composer Porter and singer Nat King? (4) |
| INGRAIN | Get to collect runs after batting side impress deeply |
| INOFF | Batting side at cricket makes billiard shot |
| LEGBYE | An extra run for the batting side? (3-3) |
