| OVERS | Cover point, no opener, gives bowling deliveries (5) |
| CANNON | Huge gun is able to point, no retreating (6) |
| YORKERS | Bowling deliveries pitching under the bat (7) |
| SAGES | Points no doubt behind wise guys (5) |
| CUR | Eye opener gives despicable person antidote (3) |
| RING | Opener gives call before cricket shot (4,4) |
| ENNOBLING | Raising points: no flashy stuff! |
| RIDDLE | Sieve and cooking device, but no opener (6) |
| ETCH | No opener to get score (4) |
| ONEORTWO | A couple of overs tore down madly, but put no opener in difficulty (3,2,3) |
| EXTRA | ____ cover, fielding position in cricket on the offside between cover point and mid-off (5) |
| HIDES | Cover point keeps out of sight (5) |
| ELIDE | Cut short from midfield to cover point (5) |
| PREMIUMS | Sums for cover point after umpire put out Middlesex opener (8) |
| IDEALLY | I'm in no hurry to cover point in theory |
| VECTOR | Position marker moving cover to cover point, finally (6) |
| TALL | Masefield's crafty request, Spooner's cover point (4,4) |
| LANDSLIDE | Fields at cover point, gaining easy win (9) |
| DOT | Caught, oddly, around cover point |
| FIELDER | Cover point, for example, following one senior figure (7) |
