| TROUNCING | Criminal got run in - first in cell to get hiding and thrashing |
| LYINGLOW | Dishonest and mean, get hiding |
| BALTIC | Sea bream's head and thrashing tail getting caught (6) |
| HEARD | Was told the chief got run in (5) |
| THERE | You got run in? Told you so! (5) |
| INSANDOUTS | Details of leaderless victories and thrashings (3,3,4) |
| STRONGSUIT | State's opener got runs in unusual fashion - it is a special talent (6,4) |
| FINAL | Last of the first in first, in a first of the last (5) |
| TABBED | Moved from cell to cell in a spreadsheet, perhaps |
| RAYILLINGWORTH | Former English cricketer, commentator and administrator who took 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in first class cricket |
| PARAS | Identify the first name of this cricketer who became the second Indian to score 10,000 runs in First-class cricket. (5) |
| HIFI | Sound equipment initially hidden in first in-tray (2-2) |
| WON | Came in first in battle of the bands |
| SWINDLE | Come in first in a broken sled, but it's a scam (7) |
| GRANDMA | She got run over by a reindeer, in a novelty Christmas song |
| ENCRYPT | Starts to engage underground cell to put messages into code (7) |
| MOLECULES | Mouse goes crazy and smashes cell to atoms, almost (8) |
| POLICECONSTABLE | Open basic cell to criminal? One might (6,9) |
| WGGRACE | The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack has brought down his tally of runs in first class cricket from 54,896 to 54,211. (1,1,5) |
| OUBLIETTE | Secret cell's to lie, but is in trouble with head of espionage (9) |
