| HOCKEYSTICK | Check ski toy. It is a hit with the first XI (6,5) |
| ARNOLD | PP ____ had a 1967 hit with The First Cut is the Deepest |
| PARASITIC | Like mistletoe, it is a hit when put up, caught underneath (9) |
| GREATDANE | A toy it isn't |
| ROBERTA | ___ Flack, singer who had hits with The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Tonight I Celebrate My Love (7) |
| WINNING | I went in with opener for Gloucestershire, man playing for the first XI? (7,4) |
| TEAM | I went in with opener for Gloucestershire, man playing for the first XI? (7,4) |
| TWELFTHMAN | He hasn't made the First XI (7,3) |
| TWELFTH | Man who hasn't made the First XI (7) |
| HOITYTOITY | Superior toy, it hit you, not quite made as required |
| MARKMCMANUS | Actor who played the title role in 'Taggart' for the first 11 years (4,7) |
| JUDYGARLAND | My daughter had a hit with the Pet Shop Boys on "Losing My Mind" |
| DRAM | 500 having a drink is a hit with the band (4) |
| CORRELATION | Connection made with member of family getting expression of surprise at first (11) |
| YELLOWSTONE | National Park in Wyoming, the world's first (11) |
| FINGERPAINT | Young artists use it to touch hurt teacher at first (11) |
| ILLUSIONIST | Trickster I will charge with ?America first' (11) |
| HAEMOGLOBIN | Stuff of transfusion: A&E doctor encountering clot in hospital at first (11) |
| COUNTERFOIL | It's retained in cheque book to baffle teller first (11) |
| MOONLIGHTER | One earning more than a jobsworth reportedly means to fire gutless idiot first (11) |
