| STABLES | Bats for the French but these are for their horses (7) |
| TABLE | Bat for the French? That able-seaman could (5) |
| AMISH | Sect known for their horses and buggies |
| COUNTERS | Serving surfaces ... or, in another sense, what the starred clues are for their answers |
| COMANCHE | Native people of south-western United States, known for their horse culture (8) |
| FARMTEAM | The Louisville Bats, for the Reds |
| EUROPEANS | Aus. opener bats for "the other side", according to Farage (9) |
| RECLUSE | Sure of 100 Romans joining the French but remaining secluded from the rest (7) |
| WOMBATS | Some woman has fliers but these are diggers! (7) |
| ASSAULT | Battery circuits a these are for private training purposes? (7,7) |
| COURSES | Battery circuits a these are for private training purposes? (7,7) |
| PRIESTS | Ordained ministers; or, alluding to their function in administering the last rites, anglers' bats for quickly dispatching or stunning fish (7) |
| GALLOPS | Tracks where trainers exercise their horses, usually early in the morning (7) |
| SADDLES | They come between jockeys and their horses (7) |
| ISFAHAN | Ha, Spain, maybe, but these characters are in old Persian town (7) |
| MERCIES | Cries disturb me first but these may be tender (7) |
| TROOPER | A cavalry soldier or their horse; or, a person considered reliable, resilient or uncomplaining (7) |
| RACQUET | Bat for sport (7) |
| STOODUP | Went to bat (for) |
| HOMERUN | Successful at-bat for Aaron Judge |
